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26 results found for '"Protective devices"' in Keywords.
Police meet with Home Secretary after Southall riots (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with head of the Police Federation, Jim Jardine, about a meeting with Home Secretary Merlyn Rees where he stressed the need for more effective protective equipment for the police and power to ban...
Police use riot helmets (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Excerpt from interview with Peter Neivens, Metropolitan Police Director of Information about the need to protect police, including use of riot helmets. In the context of recent violent riots. Interviewer not...
Police view on recent riots (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens on the recent riots. Covering evidence of communication between criminally motivated young people; effect on police morale of...
Call for use of water cannons in Toxteth riots (1981)
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- Interview
Telephone interview with Conservative MP Teddy Taylor calling for the use of water cannons in Toxteth, Liverpool to clear rioters off the streets, protect the police from petrol bombs and prevent deaths....
Margaret Simey on police at the Toxteth riots (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Chair of Liverpool Police Committee, Margaret Simey, about police behaviour during the Toxteth riots in Liverpool and their planned inquiry into the breakdown of the police relationship with...
Eric Moonman on UK riots (1981)
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- Interview
Bob Holness interviews Eric Moonman of the Centre for Contemporary Studies on their research and report about the influence that the violence of the streets of Northern Ireland has had on the riots that took...
Moss Side riot police report (1981)
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- News report
Report on the presentation of a report on the Moss Side riots by Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable, James Anderton to the local police committee and subsequent debate in which previous political...
Manchester police committee rift (1981)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the rift between Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable, James Anderton, and the local police committee, and partial healing as Anderton presented the report on the Moss Side riots today. With...
William Whitelaw on police during riots (1981)
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- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw speaks in the House of Commons about new police equipment during riots across the UK.
Merlyn Rees on new riot measures (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with former Home Secretary, Labour MP Merlyn Rees about new tougher measures to curb rioting, in particular, the use of rubber bullets and water cannons as used in Northern Ireland. Male...