Metropolitan Police view on Scarman report

Title

Metropolitan Police view on Scarman report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:05:15

Description

Interview with Peter Neivens, Director of Information at the Metropolitan Police, following the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of riots in Brixton, South London and Toxteth in Liverpool in 1981 and the praise and criticism of and recommendations for police. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Dave Loyn).

Contributors

Dave Loyn?; Peter Neivens

Keywords

London; Reports; Crime; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Policing practice; Black peoples; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Complaints (public services); Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman; Training; Employee discipline

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