Crowd Control
The Crowd Control topic focuses on the difficult task of controlling large groups of people with a limited number of police officers and resources. The police crowd control articles and tips in this section focus on strategy, policy, planning and tactics that can help quell a riled-up crowd and riot gear — helmets and shields — that will keep them safe in the process.
Law enforcement must be prepared for the worst when a controversial verdict is read, protestors become violent or a sports team wins a championship and the celebration spills to the streets.
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Communication with organizers before, during and after events can help head off problems
Automated less-lethal technologies may relieve officers of their most difficult decisions
The department is investigating an officer’s use of force on a woman while breaking up a fight during a festival
The motion seeks to end restrictions on when police can use chemical agents such as pepper spray and tear gas to break up protests
Many were treated on scene after reports of a possible shooting in Los Angeles’s Hyde Park
Police believe the suspect who drove into a crowd killing two and injuring seven others was impaired at the time
The plaintiffs have dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning the case could be filed again at a later date
Sophia Wilansky was injured during a violent clash between protesters and police during the months-long protest of the Dakota Pipeline
The unmanned eye-in-the-sky is the latest wrinkle in the NYPD’s ever-evolving plan to keep revelers safe
The jury sentenced James Alex Fields Jr. to life in prison for killing a woman when he rammed his car into a crowd during a white nationalist rally in Virginia
France deployed some 89,000 police but still failed to deter the determined protesters
A state jury rejected defense arguments that James Alex Fields Jr. acted in self-defense during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville
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Facing the most serious crisis since his election in May 2017, President Emmanuel Macron remained silent but met with police officers to offer them support
The chopper was dispatched after the crowd assaulted a trooper and police horses
Then-Interim Chief Lawrence O’Toole announced that 30 officers had been physically injured while responding to protests that followed the acquittal of Jason Stockley
Alderwoman Megan Ellyia Green alleges that she suffered from respiratory problems and remains fearful of police after a 2017 protest
During a 2017 protest, police used a tactic known as a kettle in which officers form lines and encircle crowds deemed unruly
The lawsuit against the Phoenix PD claims police didn’t try to remove a few problematic anti-Trump protesters and instead acted violently toward peaceful demonstrators
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One officer was assaulted by a man who face was covered, two officers were punched by a woman who was pulled away by friends
Charlottesville Police say they’re investigating an alleged assault of an officer who approached a man whose face was covered
Pprotesters and at least one arrest jarred normal operations at Portland City Hall Wednesday
Throughout the day, Portland police released images of weapons collected from both sides, including knives, sticks, shields and fireworks
About 300 protesters called for the officers involved to be fired and arrested, though a prosecutor announced a day earlier that he was declining to file charges
Police said two armed suspects appeared to have fired indiscriminately into the crowd, striking ten people
The court ruled that the supporters can sue San Jose and its police for allegedly putting them in danger and then failing to protect them
After the first six defendants to go on trial were found not guilty, charges were dropped against more than 150 others
Chicago police released video of the fatal OIS after protesters clashed with police, injuring some officers
The bill would add a section to federal civil rights statutes that would include a penalty for wearing a mask
Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public lands
Mayor Jim Kenney is defending the police decision to tear down the encampment
