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.
Assigning a large number of cops to a high-profile event isn’t enough to counter realistic threats these days; we must pre-plan such events with a “red team” mindset
Jim and Doug discuss police response to natural disasters, the debate over sanctuary cities, the Las Vegas mass shooting and other major topics
It is time to train 100 percent of police officers nationwide in the team tactics of crowd control
School officials are asking a St. Louis County prosecutor to wait until classes are not in session to announce whether Officer Darren Wilson will face charges
The crowd of 40-50 people began throwing flag poles they had been carrying at officers as police tried to control the crowd
Police say 19-year-old Jacob Clark of Chichester threw a beer bottle at a police officer
Preparations are aimed at avoiding renewed outbreak of violence that could follow announcement of whether officer will face trial
Officer with sirens on waved away as pack of roughly 50 riders can be seen speeding, doing wheelies and standing on their bikes
Police are using a relatively new application to collect photos and videos they hope will lead to arrests following weekend chaos at a pumpkin festival
Woman arrested at gay pride parade pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment citations. Prosecutors dropped more serious charges that she assaulted an officer and a protester
Demonstrators who say they were taking part in a week of resistance to police brutality temporarily blocked traffic on a freeway through downtown Atlanta
Police used pepper spray and chemical munitions to disperse groups of rioters after they ignored warnings to disperse
Violent parties near the city’s annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries
Violent disturbances near Keene State College during an annual pumpkin festival lasted until early Sunday and involved dozens of arrests and injuries
Organizers of the Ferguson October protests dubbed the day “Moral Monday” and committed acts of civil disobedience in and around St. Louis
The arrests were the only incident in an otherwise peaceful weekend of demonstrations in the city
The four-day event called Ferguson October began Friday afternoon with a march outside the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office
State and city leaders have urged the Justice Department to investigate the shooting death of Vonderrit D. Myers by a white police officer
Officers violated the Constitution by requiring peaceful protesters to keep moving rather than stand still during demonstrations
Several dozen people protesting the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown have interrupted a performance of the St. Louis Symphony
Ferguson police arrested 13 protesters Thursday night
Public records show that Gov. Jay Nixon received thousands of phone calls and hundreds of emails, letters and faxes from people throughout Mo. and the world in the weeks after the Aug. 9 shooting
Police and protesters clashed briefly in Ferguson just hours after the St. Louis suburb’s police chief issued an apology
Chief acknowledged that Michael Brown’s body remained in the street for too long after he was killed
Protesters returned to Ferguson streets Tuesday night, with reports of smashed windows and possible arson coming hours after a makeshift memorial for Michael Brown burned
Demonstration was planned as a more confrontational sequel to Sunday’s march, with many deliberately risking arrest by obstructing traffic
Sheriff’s officials in Goshen County are touting a grenade launcher as a useful tool for keeping the peace, even though they have never used it
Cell phone video captured a scene of mayhem as police in New York attempted to break up a large fight between dozens of youths
Planned shutdown fell through Wednesday as a wall of police in riot gear kept people who planned to protest the shooting from walking onto Interstate 70
On a widely circulated video, a crowd of teenagers is seen streaming across a lot before surrounding and kicking a store worker
In an attack that is stirring outrage across Memphis, a group of more than 20 youths assaulted at least three people in the parking lot of the Poplar Plaza Kroger Saturday night
