Manchester referee starts petition for officials to be given body cams

Ryan Hampson says more needs to be done to protect referees.

Published 9th Oct 2017

A young referee from Manchester's launched a petition for officials to wear body cameras in a bid to reduce the number of attacks.

Ryan Hampson - who himself as been the victim of an attack earlier this year - wants to get enough signatures to get the idea debated in parliament.

It’s hoped that by gaining the required 100,000 signatures a change can be brought in allowing officials to carry body cams.

Ryan spoke to Key 103 about the idea:

You can get involved here: https://www.change.org/p/bodycamsnow-uk-parliament-parliament-to-discuss-lobbying-the-fa-to-allow-the-use-of-body-cameras-for-referees