When conditions or circumstances warrant a high level of awareness, departments should gather
information and provide advanced warning for civil unrest. - Answer -Crowd Management
• Civic leaders and organization
• Citizen and church groups
• Street rumors
• Arrestees, utilize information from all known offenders with criminal history in civil unrest, not just
those known to patrol - Answer -Resources for gathering intelligence
• Court verdicts
• Union strikes
• Police shootings or incidents in a tense community - Answer -Factors to be considered when
organizing for crowd management
Procedures for responding to crowd control situations - Answer -The first officer on the scene in
response to any incident needing assessment of crowd management should consider the following
objectives: officer safety first, the protection of life and property, request for any assistance from other
officers or agencies and EMS/AFD if needed.
The first responder should assess the situation and advise the dispatcher as soon as possible
Information for the dispatcher:
• Activity of the crowd (hostile or passive)
• Size of the crowd
• Weapons or objects known
, • Safest route for other officers to get to the scene
• Most practical location for a command post and parking
The first responder should also establish secure perimeters and attempt to identify leaders or agitators
of the crowd
Proactive plans should be forwarded through the chain of command for any needed approval prior to
implementation. After receiving approval from the departments chief or sheriff officers should then
move in teams or squads to the troubled area and take the necessary steps to eliminate any problems.
A ______ is a large number of persons temporarily congregated. Generally, the members of a _______
think and act as individuals and are without organization - Answer -crowd
crowd
Has no unity of purpose and no leadership, i.e.. shoppers, on-lookers, or watchers who come and go,
and will usually respond to direction by police. - Answer -Casual crowd
Usually assembles for a common purpose without leadership, i.e. spectators at sporting events, along
parade routes, and other activities. They have a common interest but behave and think as individuals -
Answer -Cohesive crowd
Are assembled for some purpose. They have leadership and the intention of expressing an attitude for
or against some person or idea, i.e., political rallies and picket lines. - Answer -Expressive crowd
Is usually assembled for some purpose. They have positive leadership, are determined to accomplish a
specific end, and move actively toward their objective. Usually high emotional tension is present. This
type crowd can easily become a mob. Consequently, this type of crowd presents an acute police
problem - Answer -Aggressive Crowd
A crowd develops into a _____ when all or most members of the crowd have been instilled with a
purpose and intent to carry out their purpose, regardless of the consequences. Transformation can be
made, for example, by the urgings of a forceful crowd leader, the appearance of an individual of
importance to the crowd, or the accomplishment of an act of violence. A______ reaches the hot stage
when acts of violence are committed - Answer -mob
mob
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