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  1. Police meet with Home Secretary after Southall riots (1979)

    Genre
    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...

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  2. 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...

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  3. 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...

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  4. 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...

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  5. 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...

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  6. William Whitelaw on police during riots (1981)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw speaks in the House of Commons about new police equipment during riots across the UK.

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  7. 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...

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  8. 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...

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  9. 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...

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  10. 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...

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