Incident
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Q10589
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TYPING SERVICE
DOCUMENT
;
OFFICERS REPORT
NUMBER
R96
S t a t I on
Silrname
PACKER
•F-o r e n a m e s
JAMES
OSCAR
Date
Age
of
birth
Address
RS
POL PC2083
Occupation
RD
RP | RE
Telephone
REQEiVER
Number
INDEXER
of P a g e s
Dated
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D. M.
270489
Si g n e d
OTHER INST
JAMES OSCAR
PACKER
POLICE CONSTABLE 2083
On Saturday
15 A p r i l
at 8 . 0 0 a.m.
parading
My
there
initial
^i?^3ergeant
Station
and
a.m.
duties
were
on S e r i a l
to t h e i r
These
duties
dealt
w i t h at
of
not.wearing
I was
out
and
we
this
out
Th e
colours,
duty
only
deployed
to
of
Station,
at
2.30
humoured
trouble
Sheffield,,
supevision
the
Police
Railway
station and
p.m.
and
Most
not
I encountered
get
radio,
of
Midland Street
into
to
escort
supporters
under
were
we
the
supporters
the C i t y C e n t r e .
paired with Police
issued with a Police
Station
grou'nd.
about
to
the
fains- at
the
good
trying
I wa s
Police
16 u n d e r
u n t il
sta ti on were
drink,.
team
buses
Bar
at B a r n s l e y P o l i c e
day.
the a r r i v a l
carried
the
that
we w e r e
respective
on d u t y
to W e s t
9.00
them
and
I came
at
to s u p e r v i s e
Carrying
1989,
travelled
2379 Swift
influence
- B1
Constable
3198
Akred
At
2.30,:p.m-.
a
our
serial
Traction
away
th e
there
was
a
grouTld
bus.
lot
were
got
the
of
supporters
I
turning
could
ri g h t
see
to
to
the
go
thousands
betweep A and 0 and
jumping
about
area
(j*yr
up a n d
2.50
of
the
I remember
f-i
not
" T h e y ’ll
We
then went
further
track
5
g et
round
Police
lot
to
instructions.
in
front
and
the
the
of
more
g r o u n d qrt
f a ns h e a d i n g
one
the
ground,
boisterous
Laneentrance
towards
supporters
Th e
•
the
they
to
deviser
b ec am e .
the
ground,
in the
were
time
m il e
area
chanting,
would
be
rS arouinc* ^ e
to the
Constable
numtw^rs of
Pans
1368 M a ck en zi e
outside
saying
to
the
me,
in there'
the
gro/nd and
into
'"'.Almost i m m e d i a t e l y
West
the
gymnasium
we w e r e
to
await
d e ployed
onto
the
Stand.
Stand.
Pol L*?e S e r g e a n t
of
the
Stand.
T/Ke t im e
I walked 41ong
track
due
the W e s t
kicking
the
from about
sare
of
game
end
These
went
West
the
Lane
We
t he
o n to
of
numerous
generajl^rowdy.
hardly
probably
t h at
ground
to
b u t ; g e n e ral ly .good .humoured.'
road.
being
I could
v \ c / ground.
the
the L e p p i n g s
jynto the
entrance
transported
o f > £ u p p o r . t e r s , :.most of w h i c h w e r e
doafn a n d
p.m.
became
to
with
Leppinqs
past
were
route
boisterous,
we
amount
On
of a c t i v i t y
The/closer
On
/\ L£
an^thtrs
and walked
would
up
in f r o n t
Swift
be
of
the
deployed
exactly
3.00
North West
us
area
a l o n g ydie -f ront
p ■m . as
I remember
off.
the
front
of
the
s ta n d ,
I cou
e the
central
a
of
c
section was
North
f ull,
Section and
but
I could
see
that
the S o u t h S e c t i o n ,
t
wa s
especially
lot
towards
room
the
in the
front
PAGE
R 96
I walked
past
ould
a great
see
about
being
ind t h e m
rted.'
;to f a c e
shouting
females
for
the
us
but
of
sWpped.
b^fng
get
that
At/this
owd
.
the re w a s
p o in t
surge
I shouted
ov/r
r
to
( e as t
get
at
a r e a at
gates
se/iousness
^j^the
were
having
sitting
of
the
some
1
to
I was
f a ns
injured.
and
the
out.
other
a m a n at
be
—
pulled
against
almost
of
the
feet
t hi s
was
f a ns
fans
the
f a ns
hysterical
to
had
T*
was
j u st
in t hi s
and
s c rearnl ng
th e
to
fans
just
I c o u l d 1s e e
-I t u r n e d
many
crash
screaming
from about
and
the
dead.
the
normal
section
the
of
gates
escortthem
S e c t i o n . At
sort
the
in
of
crowd.
order
back into
t hi s
t im e the
fell
forward
the
clear.
dash and a number
a m^
out jt> y
g a me
sauted
who
Southern
not
down
the w a l l ^ a n d
no t
out
were
South* Sectiorv,
at G a t e 3 to o p e n
—
the
it w as
man
could move
o f the
escorting
down
t h at
officer
H.in
then
South Sections
frpnt
of p e o p l e ^ e r e
One
his
si tu a ti o n was
A number
injured were
At
to
the C e n t r a l
en d a n u m b e r
nobody
cya/Uss o p e n i n g
Initially
and
that
as- the
crushed against
them
I realised
and
m a n y ■ait the
It w a s
-■
middle
and Centr/l
I i n i t i a l l y ,put- this
the e n d
front
to
p e op le ,
f o r w a r d and' c h a n t i n g
crowd and
At
North Section
of
squashed,
I reached
children and
foarrierrs.,
s well
surging
As
the
the C e n t r a l
and
officers
wh o
crash
who
could walk
barrier
were
away
w ho
coming
a n d M/ere b e i n g
from
were
out
the
g at e
and
obviously
who
abusive
w e r e n ’t b a d l y
towards
myself
officers.
t hi s
point.I
could
see
thatthe
I. f i r s t
thought
and with an
incident
Inspector
I went
wa s
far
o nt o
more
the
serious, t h a n
p i t c h .ia b r d e r
to
A
stop
number
the
game
and
to s t o p
fans
of
f an s
did
run o n t o
from
the
running
on t o
p i t c h a n d w i t h ,eftHe r
1 ine » The. f ans
fei r ' a g g r e s s i o n
the K o p
th e
end
of
time
cordon
at
Police,
Prom
the
l a t er
across
then
ground and also
I assisted
area> a n d a w a y
a
the
incident.
Ashort
first
to
m a n y more
the
pull
Liverpool
halfway
at
at
rival
were
angry and
a number
of
I
aiming
faps
in
photographing
cameramen away
from the
fa n s
being
and J as sisted
positioned
toward
in f o r m i n g
the
players
V
of the
Liverpool
hysterical.
A number
d ru n k ,
eyes
were
glazed,
their
feet
and their
their
unsteady
on
The.overwhelming
the
officers
Nottingham
tunnel.
Many
pitch.
c a m e r a m e n wh o w e r e
officei^came
line
the
F.A.
was
to
fans
of
came
them also
opinion
blame
who
I got
for
them
onto
the
speech was
breath
not
pitch'were
s h o w e d all
their
from
the
the
smelt
symptoms
slurred,
strongly
supporters
being
given
crying
the
of
or
being
t h e y w er e
of
intoxicants.
I-spOke
other
to wa s
end
of
that
the
ground.
For
over
half
looking
for
Section
of
As
had
the
fans
become
eventually
Sergeant
an
hour ,
trouble
the
ptich
started
detached
joined
1341
as
f an s
roamed aroun d
they
roamed
the
ot he r .
to
to
disperse,
when
I was
I attempted
14 u n d e r
I escorted
pitch,
in g r o u p s ,
instructed
up w i t h S e r i a l
Crawford and
about
the
fans
to
the
to
some
running
find my
stand
from
serial
in t he
supervision
dawn
obviously
as
one
I
c o r do n.
I
of P o l i c e
the L e p p i n g s L a n e
End
Pjfi>GE
R96
Upwards
Penistone
Road,
s u b d u e d as, t h e y w a l k e d
I eventually
My
radio
where
had
taken
that
comment
REPORT
had
from
over
at
the
been working
received
very
the
f r o m me
the
ra dio
well
clearly
supporters
the
6.00> p.fft.
down
at 6 . 3 0
shortly
entrance
to
From
there
returned
after
the
the
incident
due
to
the
noise
to
then and
going
onto
we
the
p.m.
of
up
quiet and
main
t im e
up to
were
ground
16 o u t s i d e
were.stood
I. m u s t
were
OF
we
Murray.
instructions
END
been
of the
R o a d at a b o u t
Superintendent
radio
away
re-joined Serial
ground dn ^ehistone
to B a r n s l e y
Moat
game
ha d
I heard
from
the
no
crowd.
r adio m e s s a g e s
the
track.
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