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2. Crowd control - Wikipedia

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   Kyoto Prefectural Riot Police Unit officers on duty during the Gion Matsuri 2008 festival. Crowd control is a public security practice in which large crowds are managed in order to prevent the outbreak of crowd crushes, affray, fights involving drunk and disorderly people or riots. Crowd crushes in particular can cause many hundreds of ...

3. Bayonet use in crowd control - Wikipedia

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   The 2004 edition of the U.S. Army's Field Manual 19-15: Civil Disturbances calls for troops operating in crowd control situations against violent mobs to form into multiple lines with the first line armed with batons, and the second line armed with rifle-fixed bayonets held in the "safe-port position". According to the manual, "in this elevated ...

4. Riot police - Wikipedia

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   Riot police are tasked with police operations that require advanced tactics and equipment to control crowds and maintain public order. These duties may differ between riot police organizations in different countries, but they are often similar in that they are tasked with maintaining order that is decided on by the presiding government.

5. Riot control - Wikipedia

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   Usually, when front-facing a riot, officers slowly walk in a line parallel to the riot's front, extending to both its ends, as they noisily and simultaneously march and beat their shields with their batons, to cause fear and psychological effects on the crowd. German police deploy an armoured riot control vehicle at a demonstration in Hamburg.

6. Category:Crowd control - Wikipedia

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7. National Gendarmerie - Wikipedia

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   Its responsibilities include policing smaller towns, suburbs and rural areas, crowd and riot control, and criminal investigation, including cybercrime. By contrast, the National Police is a civilian law enforcement agency that is in charge of policing cities and larger towns.