BREAKING: Police chiefs have promised to acknowledge mistakes and not 'defend the indefensible' as they set out long-awaited reforms in the wake of a report into the Hillsborough disaster. GregMilamSky has the latest ⬇️ 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
"When compassion and leadership were most needed, the bereaved were often treated insensitively and the response lacked coordination and oversight."
A supporting code of practice - which senior police must follow - will also set out"a responsibility to ensure openness and candour within their force".Other reforms include new national guidance for the family liaison officers - the point of contact with relatives when somebody is involved in a tragedy such as Hillsborough.
A new code of practice on police information and records management is also being implemented after records relating to Hillsborough were lost or destroyed.Martin Hewitt, chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council , said he was"deeply sorry for the tragic loss of life, and for the pain and suffering that the families of the 97 victims experienced on that day and in the many years that have followed".
"Collectively, the changes made since the Hillsborough disaster and in response to Rt Reverend James Jones's report aim to ensure the terrible police failures made on the day and in the aftermath can never happen again."
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