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Originally Posted by DblBarrelJ
Sounds about right, I guess. We did not receive any specific crowd control training at my agency other than the basics of jail crowd control.
Come to think of it, I may have just stumbled upon the crowd control issue..
This surprises me a little. But it might also be a urban/rural difference. Another thing I've heard is that agencies that do have in-house training days typically conflate violent riot control (
ala Rodney King verdict) with suppression of an organized non-violent protest or picket. Which seems to lead quite obviously to inappropriate violence considering the general lack of threat posed. I would *imagine* control of a custody situation like a jail would be a third entirely different situation altogether.
Moving along, would you happen to know anything about the taping over off name-tags, badge numbers, and serial numbers on the robo-gear, during protest/strike/direct action suppression. This is either illegal or against agency policy everywhere in the US. And it is SOP pretty much, and a pretty good indication that a butt-kicking is coming up in the near future.
I've heard un-substantiated rumors from what I consider very reliable sources that this is often a job action by the police union, as opposed to orders from the command level police officers. Ever heard anything about this?