Within a short time London had pushed through a reform package which included the end of the B Specials, an overhaul of policing and other measures. Less than two months after the mid-August violence the committee investigating policing, headed by Lord Hunt, recommended a thorough-going reform of the RUC, including its disarming, together with the abolition of the B Specials. A few months later an English policeman, Sir Arthur Young, was appointed head of the RUC with a brief to modernise the force.
