Crowd Control Tactics Flashcards
Typically involve _____ participants legally
exercising _______ rights
- peaceful
- 1st Amendment
Goal of law enforcement should be to ____ activity while ______ and_____ behavior
- protect lawful
- identifying and isolating unlawful
Crowds tend to be categorized as ____ or _____
lawful or unlawful
What lesson was learned for Law Enforcement in the LA riots?
Training before events ensures that all involved use the same jargon
what lesson was learned from the Seatle world trade organization conference
Prepare to utilize the National Guard early
Washington D.C riot was successful due to what previous riot’s lesson learned?
Lessons from Seattle WTO used
1960s and 1970s
Dangers of Over-response
1980s and 1990s
Dangers of Under-response
Levels of response
- Crowd Management
- Crowd Intervention
- Crowd Control
Crowd Management
- Lowest level
- Maintain lawful activities
Crowd Intervention
- Isolate unlawful behavior
- Allow event to continue
Crowd Control
- Activities are unlawful or violent
- May require arrests/dispersal
Crowd management principals.
(9)
- Safeguard public’s rights
- Treat everyone with respect
- Know the community and type of crowd
- Explain LE role to the crowd and
expectations of behavior - Avoid donning hard gear as first step
(militarization) - Coordinate with organizers prior
- Isolate/arrest violators as quickly as
possible (predetermined level) - Use only reasonable force
- Mutual aid/prior training
Crowd Definition
Group in same place, generally for no common purpose
Mob Definition
Group with or without leadership with common purpose of random violence
Crowd key components
Strong awareness of law
Unorganized
No leader
Hesitant to act
Ruled by reason
“Individuals”
Crowd Types
Conventional
Expressive
Sight-seeing
Hostile
Mobs key components
Organized
Possibly with no leader
Have motive
Ruled by emotions (“lynch mob”)
“Single unit”
Protesters key components
Everyday citizens
Professional protesters
Radicals
Motives of individual protesters
Independence
Wealth or security
Recognition
Self esteem
Justice
Crowd behavior patterns
Expressive
Aggressive
Acquisitive
Escapist
Groups of protestors
- Anarchists
- Environmental Groups
- Anti-globalization Groups
Screws v. U.S
- responsibility of the state and local
governments and their law enforcement
officers - prevent and suppress riots and other
domestic violence”
Ward v. Rock Against Racism
Bay Area Peace Navy v. U.S.
“Time, place, manner” restrictions on the freedom of speech
“buffer zones” around _____ and
around ______ in protester
propaganda
- clinic entrances
- people not interested
- Hill v. Colorado
Less Lethal Munitions
- Used when strong government interest
warrants - Use should be preceded by a warning,
when feasible
Deorle v. Rutherford
Use of a beanbag round unjustified
must giver verbal warnings when crowd turns from lawful to unlawful
18-9-101
public disturbance
involving an assemblage 3
violent conduct
grave danger or Injury
property or persons
Police Resources
- K9s
- Horses
- Helicopters
- Tact Vehicles
- LLM
Chemical Agents
- Smoke
- CS
- OC
Most effective way to respond to civil
disturbances, restore order, and ability to arrest large groups of people
Team Tactics
Mobile Field Force Model Provides
- Planning
- Discipline
- Training
- Leadership
MFF Squad
- MFF Commander
- One squad leader
- (7) officers
- Platoon multiply by 4
