Meeting with Dutch police examinedpublished at 11:21 GMT
11:21 GMT
The PCC has now turned his attention to a meeting which took place between West Midlands Police and their counterparts in the Netherlands on 1 October.
West Midlands Police were looking for advice following a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in 2024.
Simon Foster said he had concerns that the meeting, which took place online, was not recorded and that a handwritten account of the meeting was thrown away after an email summary was sent.
Foster said this meeting had been a “tipping point” , because the working assumption before this point had been that away fans should attend.
After the meeting that changed and the assumption became that away fans should not.
Acting Deputy Chief Constable Jennifer Mattinson has responded to this point.
She said it was not usual practice to record those meetings for European fixtures but it was “regrettable” the meeting had not been recorded on this occasion.
She said they would be recorded in the future.
“Much better record-keeping” was needed, she said.