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for some Officers to draw truncheons to contain the Liverpool supporters.
I r~-ninded Officers of the need for ~xtr~ne care in searching supporters and to ben-
in mind the dangers of weapons such as Stanley l, mives, knives or sharp bladed
articles ~hich may be retained in a persons pocke~. Officers were also told of the
dangers of weakening a police line by taking away supporters either under arrest or
for the purpose of ejectfng then thus reducf’ng the police cover and thereffJ
potentially putting their colleagues at greater risk to their personal safety.
Above all i told the Officers that in ~" vie~ a successful oneration hino_e::i d’.’,-"c~:x
on the aiermess of Constables and that i: the\- were to bc seen as nol being a;;a~.-
to zntential nrob!en< then supwrters would readily take advantage o! the st[eat ~,~’~
On. conclusion of the briefing i then v.ent to the 5nion Kon \~’ith Inspectors to
discuss specific plans in relation to the sesregation of Liverpool supporters tof
whom,, it may be expected that there would ~ more than last year] from Nottin~h~:’.,
Forest supporters on uha ~. was an. area ~ith a capacity for containing 21.000 ~-~ople.
i a!so reminded Officers that sm~e. Livernoo! supporters had climbed over the..
Leppin~s Lane perimeter fence at the end of last "c~a r~ semi f~nal _oame and tha"
manpower had been arranged to: prevent a reDetftlon [] also discussed separate::, ~:f-~!
Inspector Darling the no.,m,~al pian to /tmnel players and officials inlo ’die piaver’s
tunnel at the end of the .camel.
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