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.
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
Police get thousands of calls for shoplifting, domestic violence incidents, public drunkenness, and other misbehavior that spikes for about 72 hours on either side of Thanksgiving
In this podcast segment, Jim and Doug discuss the various challenges facing police officers on the final night of October
Over the past year, Obama has been called on to respond to what he referred to as the “slow-rolling crisis” of police relations with minority communities
Live television coverage and photos tweeted from the scene showed medics putting a man in an ambulance and a large police presence
Mayor and police chief acknowledged Saturday falling short in controlling what police said was a night of some of the heaviest damage yet
The order for residents to stay home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. had been in place since Tuesday
The thousands of marchers who are expected to hit the streets this weekend will now do so to celebrate the decision by State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
In Seattle, police said black-clad marchers threw wrenches, sticks and rocks at officers in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Activists who are marching for labor and immigrant rights in U.S. cities on Friday will broaden their message to direct attention toward police
While national attention is focused on an empty baseball diamond in Baltimore, we should also take note of how a program to enhance police-community relations is happening on little league fields in New York City
The clash came after a day of high tension but relative peace in Baltimore, as thousands of police officers and National Guardsmen poured in to try to prevent another round of looting and arson
31-year-old Michael Brelo is charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter
6 officers were hospitalized as a result of the violence, and there were 144 vehicle fires
Police struggled to control a hostile crowd of more than 150 people
Violence erupted Saturday night during what began as a peaceful demonstration attended by more than a thousand people
A scuffle broke out and two protesters were arrested Thursday, but most expressed anger peacefully
Tuesday’s demonstration marked the beginning of a week of protests and rallies planned across the city
Michelle Manhart took the American flag from a group of protesters who were reportedly stomping on it in protest of racism
Several people were seen getting arrested during the chaotic march from Manhattan’s Union Square to the Brooklyn Bridge
Video has been released of the brutal melee between police and a family that ended with a suspect killed, another suspect shot and a cop shot
About 75 people gathered outside City Hall in North Charleston after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a fleeing man
Two St. Louis men accused of planning to bomb protests have been indicted on federal charges
Attorney for the suspect expressed surprise Wednesday at audio of jail telephone calls in which his client appears to confess
Attorney insists that the man was beaten by police into wrongly confessing
Filed a federal lawsuit Monday against St. Louis County police and 20 of its officers, accusing them of violating the reporters’ civil rights
Sgt. Jeremy Daniels began recuperating at home Thursday
Three agencies will restrict their use of tear gas and other chemical agents on crowds as part of a lawsuit settlement with six protesters
Christopher Booker, 42, apparently suffered a seizure on Dec. 3, when he struck John Adsit and other officers who were monitoring a protest
The man accused of shooting two cops during a demonstration in Ferguson this month had nothing to do with the incident, his attorney said Wednesday
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said some journalists were repeatedly asked to return to sidewalks or safe areas for their own well-being
