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| Jimmy Savile 'not protected' from arrest, West Yorkshire Police say | Jimmy Savile 'not protected' from arrest, West Yorkshire Police say |
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| A West Yorkshire Police report has found "no evidence" Jimmy Savile was protected from arrest or prosecution by his relationship with the force. | |
| But the review found there was an "over-reliance on personal friendships" between Savile and some officers. | |
| Hundreds of allegations of abuse by the former BBC entertainer emerged after his death in October 2011. | |
| The police said the report would be passed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. | The police said the report would be passed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. |
| The West Yorkshire Police review, called Operation Newgreen, comes after a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), which highlighted failings by forces across Britain. | |
| Friday Morning Club | Friday Morning Club |
| West Yorkshire Police (WYP) said there were "currently 76 crimes involving 68 victims committed in the West Yorkshire area relating to Savile", but none of these was reported to the force before his death. | |
| Savile was used to front a number of the force's campaigns, including one called Talking Signs, where a recording of his voice was broadcast from lamp posts offering crime prevention advice. | Savile was used to front a number of the force's campaigns, including one called Talking Signs, where a recording of his voice was broadcast from lamp posts offering crime prevention advice. |
| The report stressed that at the time he was "seen by most of the public as a man who did good work". | The report stressed that at the time he was "seen by most of the public as a man who did good work". |
| But it concluded: "The review team have concerns regarding the absence of a process to secure Savile's services for some of these events and also the over-reliance on personal friendships that developed between Savile and some officers over a number of years to secure that support. | |
| "He was able to manage his public persona in such a way that he deceived most people he met. He was a manipulative man who exploited to the worst possible degree the trust people placed in him. | |
| "This is little consolation to his victims and WYP accept there are lessons that must be learned and implemented quickly." | |
| 'No checks made' | |
| Part of the investigation looked at the disgraced broadcaster's "Friday Morning Club", after reports that officers regularly attended his flat in Leeds while on duty. | Part of the investigation looked at the disgraced broadcaster's "Friday Morning Club", after reports that officers regularly attended his flat in Leeds while on duty. |
| The report said: "In spite of the rumour and speculation surrounding this meeting, no evidence has been found of any police impropriety or misconduct." | The report said: "In spite of the rumour and speculation surrounding this meeting, no evidence has been found of any police impropriety or misconduct." |
| The HMIC report published in March said police forces mishandled complaints and missed opportunities to apprehend Savile, and highlighted failures of forces to share information with each other. | |
| In 2007, Surrey Police asked the West Yorkshire force to check what records it held relating to Savile in connection with its investigation at Duncroft School and suspected offences dating back to 1964. | |
| The latest report said that even after it had received this request, "WYP continued to use him as part of local crime prevention campaigns. | |
| "The reason for this was that the information was not shared across departments, there was no recognition of the impact of this information and no checks were made on intelligence systems in securing Savile's services." | |
| Yorkshire Ripper | |
| The review also examined suggestions Savile was a "person of interest" in the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry in the 1970s. | |
| It found that many records had been destroyed but they also found thousands of record cards with information about men who had been spoken to. | |
| The report said: "They contain scant information and do not indicate whether Savile was a 'person of interest' to the inquiry team. | |
| "The information held was his name, date of birth, home address and various reference numbers. It was not possible to establish the relevance of the reference numbers as a large proportion of the investigation paperwork had been destroyed in the 1980s." | |
| But the review said: "One card does make reference to Savile offering his services as an intermediary for the police, should the 'Ripper' wish to make contact." |