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.
Different police tactics yield different responses from protesters: tactical mismatches are likely to influence escalation as well as who joins or desists from protest events
During any period of widespread protests, it is important to prep both your equipment and your family in case you are deployed to assist with crowd control
Court refused to dismiss county liability allegation that sheriff tacitly authorized pattern of unlawful bean bag deployment
According to police, the demonstrators sprayed bottles with an unknown substance on officers
Buses carrying police in full riot gear and shields arrived near the downtown location where police said significant property damage was reported
Several protesters were seen in handcuffs, and city and county police later tweeted that they had arrested at least nine people
One officer suffered a dislocated shoulder and another suffered a possible broken jaw after protests erupted following an officer’s acquittal in a fatal 2011 OIS
Police Chief Andrew Greenwood said officers would make “very strong, rapid arrests” of protesters wielding weapons and wearing masks
The city banned pepper spray in 1997 as a crowd-control weapon, though most agencies permit LEOs to use it to disburse violent crowds
Activists recently promised mass disruption if Jason Stockley is acquitted for killing Anthony Lamar Smith
The City Council will vote on whether to approve Chief Andrew Greenwood’s request — and overturn a 20-year ban on using pepper spray during protests
Protesters who cooperated with officers were ticketed and released without fingerprinting, the mayor’s spokesman said
The Department of Homeland Security formally classified antifa’s activities as “domestic terrorist violence” in 2016, according to a new report
The defense said Jason Stockley acted “reasonably” in self-defense when he fatally shot Anthony Lamar Smith after a pursuit in 2011
The Department of Homeland Security issued a confidential warning to law enforcement three days before the deadly Charlottesville rally
White supremacy has moved from the dark corners of the internet into American streets, bringing the threat of violence along with it
A public school teacher is charged with terroristic threats and harassment for allegedly making verbal threats of violence to an officer
Police said they have now identified 35 victims after a car plowed into a crowd, killing a woman
About 2,000 people gathered in what was billed as a “Rally Against Hate”
Mayor Ed Lee said one group had not canceled the rally in writing, so police would remain vigilant at the Golden Gate site
IACP and the Lawyers’ Committee will lead a discussion about ways to break down barriers and strengthen the relationship between LE and communities that are the targets of hate crimes
The shooting occurred after a struggle over the suspect’s gun
Jim and Doug discuss how crowd control is changing
Three people sustained minor injuries
Mayor Mike Signer said the events on Aug. 12 “raised serious questions about the city’s handling of security, communications, and governance”
Their answer so far is huge officer manpower and tighter restrictions on the demonstrators
When things calmed down two hours later, eight officers had been sent to hospitals with injuries ranging from a broken hand to cuts on the face
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds after protesters threw rocks and bottles at them
Boston Commissioner William Evans said 33 arrests had been made by Saturday night — mostly for disorderly conduct while some were for assaulting police officers
Prosecutors say if convicted, he faces a lengthy prison sentence under California’s three-strikes law
Thousands of leftist counterprotesters marched through Boston on Saturday, chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving signs condemning white nationalism
Antifa has become one of the most prominent militant groups at protests
“If you’re sitting on a campus where this hasn’t happened, consider this your wake-up call that it might”
