Comments on: Riot Control Tactics and Crowd Management Techniques http://staffpatrol.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/riot-control-tactics-and-crowd-management-techniques/ The Security Blog You Can't Live Without Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dave http://staffpatrol.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/riot-control-tactics-and-crowd-management-techniques/#comment-3070 dave Wed, 06 May 2009 22:31:23 +0000 http://staffpatrol.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/riot-control-tactics-and-crowd-management-techniques/#comment-3070 "First we must understand how a riot develops in the first place. A riot is a crowd that takes aggressive and illegal actions as a reaction to fear or anger." Yes, this is what the police do. They get scared easily and angry even more easily. They get scared and hyped up and lash out, as they have been trained to do. They also frequently take illegal actions. "The crowd takes on a mob mindset and does things they normally would not do because the crowd makes them anonymous. Being anonymous and seeing the actions of the others makes them feel like they can damage, burn or harm whatever and whomever they want." The police hide their idendity frequently in crowd control situations. They have done so for over 30 years in the UK. The frequency, consistency and history of this tactic leads me to believe that it must be a valid policy taught to the police. Thus they feel they can damage and hurt who ever they want. "Once the situation is at a breaking point, almost anything can set it off. An incident that angers one group can immediately turn them against another group of people. Sometimes an actual incident isn’t even required and it may just a rumor that spread through a group to turn anger into a violent outburst." The group normally identified in this situation is the police. They very frequently start violence for no reason. Just my thoughts and critique. “First we must understand how a riot develops in the first place. A riot is a crowd that takes aggressive and illegal actions as a reaction to fear or anger.”

Yes, this is what the police do. They get scared easily and angry even more easily.

They get scared and hyped up and lash out, as they have been trained to do. They also frequently take illegal actions.

“The crowd takes on a mob mindset and does things they normally would not do because the crowd makes them anonymous. Being anonymous and seeing the actions of the others makes them feel like they can damage, burn or harm whatever and whomever they want.”

The police hide their idendity frequently in crowd control situations. They have done so for over 30 years in the UK. The frequency, consistency and history of this tactic leads me to believe that it must be a valid policy taught to the police. Thus they feel they can damage and hurt who ever they want.

“Once the situation is at a breaking point, almost anything can set it off. An incident that angers one group can immediately turn them against another group of people. Sometimes an actual incident isn’t even required and it may just a rumor that spread through a group to turn anger into a violent outburst.”

The group normally identified in this situation is the police. They very frequently start violence for no reason.

Just my thoughts and critique.

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