An inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024: Tranche 2
On Monday 29 July 2024, three young girls, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, were murdered in a knife attack in Southport. Following these tragic events, widespread unrest and serious disorder broke out in many towns and cities across the UK.
On 6 September 2024, the Home Secretary commissioned us to carry out a rapid review into the policing response to the disorder, to identify lessons for the future. The commission divided the work into two tranches (parts).
On 18 December 2024, we published our report on the first part of this work, ‘An inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024: Tranche 1’. It set out our findings on these areas:
- the police service’s public order public safety (POPS) capacity and capabilities;
- the police service’s ability to mobilise police officers across police force areas to respond to the disorder; and
- how the well-being and resilience of officers might be affected by repeated exposure to incidents of disorder.
This is our Tranche 2 report. It sets out our findings on the police service’s:
- use of an intelligence-led approach;
- arrangements for tackling online content and social media; and
- crime investigations.
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An inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024: Tranche 2
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Police ill-equipped to tackle impact of online content during serious disorder