PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE, V 5 GUIDELINES FOR PATROL PERSONNEL

• NCJ Number: 9956
• Author(s): W T CALLAHAN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 50 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-71-097
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Operations Research, Inc
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ACTIVITIES OF THE PATROLMAN IN PHYSICALLY CONTROLLING THE POTENTIALLY VIOLENT CROWD.

Abstract

THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS PATROLMEN WITH PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLANNING, TRAINING, OPERATIONS, AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF RIOT CONTROL. EACH OF THESE TOPICS IS RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING - REASONS FOR COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE, POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, TIME CONSIDERATIONS, PARTICIPANTS, TYPES OF DISTURBANCES, AND WAYS IN WHICH COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE OCCUR. VIABLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PATROL OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF VIOLENT DISTURBANCES ARE STRESSED. BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRSTHAND ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF DEALING WITH COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT PATROL PERSONNEL BE ENCOURAGED TO 'PROVIDE A POSITIVE INPUT TO POLICE PLANNING AND TRAINING NEEDS.' SIMILARLY, MEANS BY WHICH 'PATROL OFFICERS CAN PROVIDE PERSONAL EVALUATIONS OF TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, AND PROCEDURES WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE,' ARE OUTLINED. RELATED VOLUMES COVER GUIDELINES FOR CHIEFS OF POLICE, COMMUNITY RELATIONS PERSONNEL, PATROL COMMANDERS, AND INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL. (SNI ABSTRACT)