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.
Doug and Jim also discuss issues related to marijuana legalization and stop and frisk
We need our leaders to vehemently defend our profession and educate the public about our profession now more than ever
Doug and Jim also offer lessons from law enforcement’s handling of Super Bowl 50 that agencies can use when preparing for their own large scale event
Police spokesman Sgt. Jeff Thomason said there were more than 400 arrests on charges ranging from failure to disperse to vandalism
Police successfully handcuff the man after an officer uses her TASER
Former Capt. Ray Lewis acknowledges he disregarded police orders not to block a street during a protest in November
The protest propelled the little-known Occupy movement at UC Davis into a rallying symbol with images of campus police Lt. using pepper spray widely circulated
Arrests made at the Supreme Court for protesting the resumption of the use of the death penalty
Organizers said they were demonstrating against police abuses and what they call the targeted arrests of Occupy members
An officer concealed his nameplate because he had heard that another officer videotaped by Occupy protesters later had personal information posted online
The complaint accuses the city of failing to enforce the law by allowing the barricades to exist
An assailant suddenly tackles a Baltimore cop, springing a suspect who had been prone and placed under arrest
On the heels of the two-hour parade came several thousand anti-Wall Street protesters in a pre-arranged demonstration
Police are still processing arrests but say some protesters have been released
A fight at the food court led to ''other altercations’’ involving 50 juveniles, police said
Attorney: City won’t press charges if program completed
The first Nike retro Air Jordans went on sale early Friday
Lawyers are challenging eviction orders in state and federal courts nationwide
Philly commish: Don’t protest in uniform
ACLU: Police report ‘anything but objective’
A few cops remained at daybreak as trash crews cleaned up
Ten officers acting as a team armed with tactics and a plan can accomplish more than 100 acting as individuals
The undercover work yielded information that some were preparing potentially dangerous weapons
Protesters setting up camps in parks were given eviction orders
The Marine Corps veteran who was struck in the head during a clash between police and Occupy Oakland protesters says he expects to recover
Deadlines for Occupy protesters to leave encampments came and went in two cities
The 485-tent camp surrounding City Hall, has marched to a different beat in its drum circle after protesters, police and city officials established a relationship based on dialogues instead of dictates
Before the last protester was led away in handcuffs from the the Occupy movement at sleepy UC Davis, videos of the spraying were on the Internet
Witness didn’t think gun was real until man fired into a pool
Campus president plans an assessment of law enforcement procedures on all 10 University of California campuses
