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.
Operatives’ actions range from asking a very embarrassing question of the candidate as they pass to triggering a shoving match in the crowd
At the end of every fight, Frank Hatch always extended his hand to help up his opponent
Doug and Jim discuss how police leaders can prepare for the worst, which could be just one controversial incident away
Charged with assaulting officer; case was dismissed by local judge
Chicago police chose to control this crowd by their physical presence rather than with chemical munitions, a decision that was made by commanders on scene
Measured response praised by many in city, local law professor says ‘I think they helped their reputation’
Customers scramble after protest turns violent
‘You lead from the front... I was going to be in the middle of it, I just had my helmet in the truck and never had a chance to get it,’ McCarthy says
During the NATO Summit, Chicago law enforcers are facing the cutting edge of what the Occupy Wall Street Movement call ‘a revolution’
In anticipation, the department sent officers to Alabama to train at a Department of Homeland Security facility
The University of California is recommending administrators deploy mediators instead of police in future campus demonstrations
Some protesters appeared to swarm a smaller number of LAPD officers
Progress on reforms has stalled at the Oakland Police Department, according to a federal monitor who also said the agency failed to properly prepare
Tear gas, vandalism, arrests, but also non-violent gatherings
Protesters are backing away from a call to block San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge
The Occupy movement was relatively dormant though the winter, but now that spring has sprung, we can be assured that these events will be back — and possibly back with a vengeance
Socialists and trade union movements have long used May Day as a protest day
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
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