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Hillsborough investigation finds 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct charges
The Independent Office for Police Conduct identified 12 officers with gross misconduct cases related to South Yorkshire Police's planning and response failures at Hillsborough.
- After a 13-year probe, the Independent Office for Police Conduct named a dozen officers with cases to answer for gross misconduct, but no disciplinary proceedings will follow as they left South Yorkshire Police.
- The IOPC's report found systemic failings in planning and response as South Yorkshire Police showed complacency and tried to shift blame onto Liverpool supporters, causing prolonged distress to bereaved families and survivors.
- Investigators documented specific operational errors such as gate openings and crowd routing, including match commander David Duckenfield leaving his area for more than half an hour and failing to consider exit gate C's impact.
- Legal proceedings produced acquittals or decisions not to prosecute in key cases, as the IOPC referred senior investigators to the Crown Prosecution Service but prosecutors concluded the threshold was not met, and David Duckenfield was cleared by a jury.
- Parliament has moved to introduce the Hillsborough Law, creating a duty of candour, after the 97 victims' families endured nearly four decades of distress and inquiries highlighted failures.
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