COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO CROWD SAFETY AND CONTROL AT SPORTS
01 January 1991
COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO CROWD SAFETY AND CONTROL AT SPORTS
GROUNDS: FINAL REPORT
refdoc July=1991
BOOKS/PAMPHLETS User Ref = P59007
O B Popplewell chairman, Committee of Inquiry into Crowd
Safety and Control at Sports Grounds , Home Office
HMSO, Jan 1986 85pp (Cmnd 9710) RP59007A
An inquiry commissioned by the Government following the fire
at Bradford City football ground and incidents at the
Birmingham City football ground into the operation of the Safety
of Sports Grounds Act 1975 . Summarises the findings of previous
inquiries and investigates design and structural aspects of
sports stadia, current regulations - including the role of
local authorities, crowd control and the role and powers of the
police, racism, alcohol, hooliganism, and crime prevention
measures, such as closed circuit television .
football hooligan, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, legislation, crowd
behaviour, United Kingdom
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