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30 results found for '"Protective clothing"' in Keywords.
Parliamentary response to Toxteth and Southall riots (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Parliamentary debate following the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool and Southall, London this weekend. Includes statement by Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw; speeches by shadow Home Secretary...
Whitelaw Commons statement on Toxteth and Southall riots (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Commons statement by Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw on the weekend’s riots in Toxteth and Southall, including pledging full support for the police to take action where necessary to suppress the...
Moss Side riot police report (1981)
- Genre
- 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)
- Genre
- 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...
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...
Bomb disposal training (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report on the training process for bomb disposal experts at the Royal Army Ordinance Corps, after the death of Kenneth Howorth while trying to defuse a bomb on Oxford Street in London on 26 Oct 1981. We are...
Tough anti-riot measures (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP Ivor Stanbrook about Government confidence in dealing with riots that have broken out across the UK, new measures to deal with riots including police riot equipment and the use...
Brixton riots - David McNee response (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Metropolitan Police Commissioner David McNee responding to the recent riots in Brixton, South London (11/04/81) and on the Lord Scarman (Leslie Scarman) inquiry into the riots which is about to...
Brixton riots - call for police protection (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jim Jardine, Chairman of the Police Federation, on the need for protective equipment for police in any future riots following disturbances in Brixton, South London (11/04/81) and on police...
Kenneth Newman on police accountability and image (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman on the accountability of the police to the law in free societies rather than to government or a particular political party. Also...