Riot and Mob Control

Course Description

In foreign locations and war zones, units often have to contend with crowds gathered for religious holidays or protesting. Experience shows that an even simple gathering has the potential to quickly explode into an armed and violent riot. Such gatherings are also often the target of oppositional forces seeking to create fear and chaos. Operators will learn and practice command and control capabilities when dealing with levels of crowd disturbances that include peaceful demonstrations, unarmed crowd disturbances, unarmed 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
• Understanding local cultural tactics
• Command capabilities under stressful scenarios

Gear and Ammo requirements

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

• Riot disperse vehicle
• Bullhorns
• Non lethal weapons