Riot and Mob Control

Course Description

With the current economic and political conditions in the U.S., departments need to be prepared for increased incidents of public disturbances. Experience shows that even a simple gathering has the potential to quickly explode into an armed and violent riot. Operators will learn and practice command and control capabilities when dealing with the four levels of crowd disturbances -peaceful demonstrations, unarmed crowd disturbances, riots and armed mob violence.

Subject Areas

• Crowd monitoring and control tactics
• Selecting the means of control
• Operative forces and systems
• Tactical riot control
• Strategies and structural deployments for massive crowd violence
• Identifying early signs of escalation in high risk zones, how to “read the street”, when to evacuate
• Command capabilities under stressful scenarios

Gear and Ammo requirements

• Duty rig
• Riot helmet
• Riot shield
• Baton
• Radios
• Gas mask

Unit gear

• Riot disperse vehicle
• Bullhorns
• Non lethal weapons
• Paintball guns (if available)