Police asked to search Orgreave files by IPCC
Police forces across England and Wales are to search their archives for notes about the violent events at Orgreave during the 1984 miners' strike.
The police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is considering whether to investigate South Yorkshire Police.
The force referred itself after a BBC documentary about the clashes at the Rotherham coking plant.
It claimed some officers may have colluded in writing court statements.
On 18 June 1984, the British Steel plant at Orgreave was the scene of a confrontation between about 10,000 striking miners from pits across the country and some 5,000 police officers.
According to a police report, 93 pickets were arrested, and 51 pickets and 72 police officers injured.
Incomplete record
The request for additional information by the IPCC forms part of its "scoping exercise" into what went on in the police force, which is already under scrutiny over its role in the Hillsborough disaster.
It will then decide whether to carry out a full investigation.
The IPCC has been examining files in 65 boxes handed over by South Yorkshire Police. It is understood they contain specific information relating to events at Orgreave.
There are more boxes, which are yet to be considered by the IPCC, that are thought to contain general information about the miners' strike, the watchdog said.
IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said what had already been received "can in no way be described as a complete record of events".
The watchdog's scoping exercise was "hugely complex", she added, and all police forces in England and Wales had been asked to search for any relevant documents.
The BBC Inside Out programme investigated the events following the arrest of more than 90 people at Orgreave, which saw some of the most shocking and memorable scenes of the year-long dispute.
Those charged with riot were later cleared after doubts were raised about police evidence.
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