Police missed clues about dangers of far right before summer riots in England
Intelligence gaps, especially around social media analysis, led to failures, report finds
Police intelligence missed clues about the dangers posed by the far right before the summer riots across England, a police chief has said.
Andy Cooke, the chief inspector of constabulary, also said police were too slow to mobilise after disorder broke out, meaning some violence wasworse than it would otherwise have been, with the chance to thwart some of it missed.
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Police missed clues about dangers of far right before summer riots in England
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/18/police-missed-clues-dangers-of-far-right-summer-riots-england
