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South Yorkshire police chief in charge at the time of Hillsborough

Peter Wright, who died 82 years was considered a senior police officer whose work was overshadowed by the tragedy at Hillsborough football and the reaction force of South Yorkshire to its consequences. His later life, would have been different if he had resigned after the disaster in April 1989, which saw 96 supporters killed in a fatal crash on poor land management in Sheffield. But he felt that his duty to see his staff through the early stages of recovery.

His loyalty was not canceled by senior colleagues who have misled the media and others, and Wright joined too close to the misconception that drunken fans played an important role in the disaster. When he offered to go after the publication of Lord Justice Taylor's criticism of the police in its 1990 report, the force was compromised amid rancor that still continues.

The publication of all government documents relating to Hillsborough, which is expected in the next year, it is likely that shed new light on the episode, after the initial shock that left Wright "pale inarticulate "(according to the Interior Minister, and Douglas Hurd), for subsequent maneuvers. More time is needed to assess the history of Wright in the initial reconstruction of the confidence of its staff on the basis of previous good police County, which so damaged Hillsborough.

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Wright had reached a peak of only a year earlier. He served as president of the Association of Chiefs of Police, who still uses his name - Wright Protocol - measures to promote a common front among the leaders of 43 in the British forces. Beware of rebels or colleagues with personal agendas, Wright won the approval of a protocol requiring police chiefs to support the public policy exception ACPO opposition in advance, in writing.

This discipline is rooted in the conservative style of Wright as a police chief. Born and raised in Manchester, and attended Catholic schools and Technical College before joining the Royal Navy and serves as a qualification for two years. He joined the Greater Manchester Police as a police officer in 1954, where he spent his early years, became a chief superintendent in 1975 and deputy chief of police shortly after he joined Liverpool as an MP in 1979 . He took over as chief in South Yorkshire, in 1983, served on the review of parole in 1987-8, and after retirement was an advisor to the Ministry of Defence police for three years.

Wright CBE was appointed OBE in 1982 and 1988. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and son.