Police bosses have apologised to the families of Hillsborough disaster victims, but campaigners are still seeking legal reform that would make public authorities more accountable after major tragedies.
On Tuesday police chiefs responded to a 2017 report by the Rt. Rev. James Jones, former bishop of Liverpool, into the experiences of the Hillsborough families, saying it “profoundly failed those bereaved.”
Ninety-six football fans died as a result of a crush at a match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on April 15, 1989.
Jones’s paper, titled “The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power,” made 25 recommendations, with 11 of them directly concerning policing.
Chief Constable Andy Marsh, the College of Policing’s chief executive officer, said in a statement: “For what happened, as a senior policing leader, I profoundly apologise. Policing got it badly wrong.”…