article_snippet: The witness told the jury the job came with other major responsibilities, as the area was also home to a major hospital, the local university and areas of affluence and deprivation.
article_snippet: The witness said, while the semi-final game was 'obviously a major priority', it was only one of the priorities The witness had to deal with, adding: 'I only had 15 days, and that was not 15 working days.'
article_snippet: Christina Lambert QC replied: 'There was a culture in the police service at that time and the culture was you would be moved without any overlap and you would learn, dare I say it, on the job.
article_snippet: I did know what the job involved, but no one, including me, knew what might evolve on the day.'
article_snippet: Mr Duckenfield said: 'The main objectives were safety and I align that with segregation, because if segregation was ensured, then safety usually followed, because of your planning.
article_snippet: Those were the challenges that we were facing in the 1970s.
article_snippet: Miss Lambert asked Lambert about two pre-match meetings of police officers, dealing with planning ahead of the game.
article_snippet: When Miss Lambert pointed out that the official plan for the game did not ascribe this duty to police, Mr Duckenfield said: 'In a perfect world I would have given certain officers a specific role in that order to do that.'