UK police underestimated "the rising tide of violence" that culminated in riots earlier this year and failed to mitigate against online misinformation which helped fuel it, a watchdog report said.

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Watchdog flags UK police failures over Southport riots

Past incidents involving "extreme nationalist sentiment" were underestimated, a review finds.

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Southport: Watchdog says police unprepared for scale of riots

Widespread violence which erupted following a stabbing at a Southport holiday class should serve as a ‘wake up call’ to police, a report warns

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Threat of far-right riots underestimated by police, report into summer disorder finds

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The report published today found "the risks of disorder were greater than the police believed them to be"

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Southport riots review finds police underestimated risk of disorder - Liverpool Echo

A watchdog said a series of incidents involving unrest in the year before the riots showed a greater risk of future disorder than forces believed.

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Southport riots review finds police underestimated risk of disorder

Speedy identification and prosecution helped bring an end to the violence, according to the review, but it says forces must "look again" at how resources can be mobilised more quickly.

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Police 'immensely brave' but forces were unprepared for summer riots, says report

British police underestimated the climate of violence and misinformation that fuelled the far-right riots in Southport in the summer of 2024, the body charged with overseeing their work said today.

De Britse politie heeft het klimaat van geweld en de desinformatie die de aanleiding waren tot de extreemrechtse rellen in Southport in de zomer van 2024 onderschat. Dat zeg een orgaan dat belast is met het toezicht op hun werk vandaag.

Britse politie onderschatte risico op extreemrechtse rellen na steekpartij Southport

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British police underestimated risk of far-right riots after Southport stabbing

A watchdog said that police failed to "curtail the disorder" that followed the murder of three girls at a dance class in Southport in the summer.

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Southport riots review finds police was 'unprepared' for scale of disorder

'There is every possibility that similar violence and disorder could reoccur across the UK. The police service needs to be ready to respond'

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Humberside Police responds to calls for better preparedness after summer riots

Police have underestimated the risk of disorder during the Southport riots which involved an “extreme nationalist sentiment”, a watchdog has said.There were gaps in intelligence associated with social media and the dark web, according to a report published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS).The document has detailed that the police forces who handled the summer riots failed to consider earlier in…

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Police underestimated disorder risk during Southport riots which involved 'extreme nationalist sentiment'

Police 'immensely brave' but forces were unprepared for summer riots, says report

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