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.
Inside the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s mobile command and communications vehicle
When the world is watching and crowds are at their worst, make sure your officers are at their best
The electronic control device that is used today was invented by NASA aerospace scientist Jack Cover
The new lawsuit is a nearly 150-page compendium of complaints
Initial reports that man shot at police were dismissed by ballistic tests
Thousands of students angry over tuition increases protested in Montreal, with some smashing windows of businesses
Smaller groups of officers will go into crowds to weed out problem protesters
Wyclef Jean to perform at 4:20 on 4/20, thousands attended rally in past years
Chief says she doesn’t want Nov. 18 pepper spraying of Occupy protesters to define her or the university
Lacks a plain recommendation to educate students about the difference between free speech and civil disobedience
Officers involved in the operation said they needed to use pepper spray to break through a crowd
Happy rioting is just as devastating to a community as angry rioting
Students angry over pricey courses pepper-sprayed
Fans filled the streets near the Lexington campus within minutes of the championship game’s conclusion late Monday
Lexington city police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts told The Associated Press that several hundred officers will be out in force on Monday to help keep order
Judge ruled names of most officers in UC Davis incident must be removed
Melvin Kelley, a member of the group’s Tactical Action Committee, said, “This is our new encampment until May 1, when we retake” Frank Ogawa Plaza
Authorities express extreme disapproval at St. Patrick’s day mob in London, Ont.
Six months after the protesters first took over Zuccotti Park near New York City’s financial district, the protesters gathered there again
Last year, cars were vandalized and appliances flung from porches — responding police in riot gear were pelted with rocks and bottles
Authorities declared the march illegal
Sections that police have argued would violate privacy if released will stay sealed
The use of ‘kettling’ tactics by police in London during violent demonstrations in 2001 did not breach human rights
The NYPD issued six summonses for disorderly conduct and one for assault
Crowd assembled for release of $220, limited-edition Nike basketball shoe
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento by 17 students and two graduates who took part in the demonstration
Const. Mike Laurin was out of work for three months and received 14 stitches
Sixty-year-old Ray Lewis joined Occupy Philadelphia protesters Monday in front of Independence Hall, again wearing his old uniform
Boston officers focused on the areas near college campuses and sports bars, where previous celebrations had turned wild
The Super Bowl ranks just below national security events involving the president and the Secret Service, said Indianapolis Chief of Homeland Security Gary Coons
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson issued the ruling against officer John Hargraves and Oakland police Lt. Clifford Wong
Garry McCarthy says there are ''no arguments when you can look at a videotape’’
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