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Southport: Watchdog says police unprepared for scale of riots

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82% Informative

Police intelligence did not predict the "rising tide of violent disorder well enough", review finds.

Watchdog says police missed opportunities to prepare for widespread disorder.

Report says earlier incidents involving "extreme nationalist sentiment" had been underestimated.

More than 600 arrests were made as police responded to riots in Southport .

VR Score

85

Informative language

84

Neutral language

62

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

61

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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