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.
At least 21 Americans have been injured by what have been described as “health attacks” that officials have theorized could be the result of sonic weapons
Jim and Doug discuss the ways in which Urban Shield improves inter-agency communication and preparation for emergency response
White supremacy has moved from the dark corners of the internet into American streets, bringing the threat of violence along with it
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
Questions have been raised about whether the governor should have responded faster to an increasingly chaotic and racially tense situation
Investigation will look at department practices over the past few years, including patterns of stops, arrests and use of force, as well as the training officers receive
Lamont Jones and Keith Stephens stood 60 feet from each other, separated by four lanes of pavement and a thousand miles of perception
Former Mayor Brian Fletcher started the group “Friends of the City of Ferguson,” which has raised more than $13,000 to help businesses repair the damage
Federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that police used excessive force and falsely arrested innocent bystanders amid attempts to quell widespread unrest after a fatal police shooting
St. Louis County so far has spent about $1 million in police overtime responding to Ferguson
Appointment comes after criticism both for the lack of racial diversity among department leaders and for the state’s response to protesters and looters
Protests over a fatal police shooting migrated to the city Tuesday as demonstrators pressed for broad reforms to law enforcement
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