Police Tactics and Their Effects on Democracy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keenan Scott
Keyword(s):  
Police Tactics

A ‘conspicuous success’? Policing Liverpool and Manchester in July 1981

2019 ◽  
pp. 150-176
Author(s):  
Simon Peplow
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Police Response ◽  
The Government ◽  
Police Vehicles ◽  
Riot Control ◽  
Community Relationship ◽  
Police Tactics

This chapter examines some key policing developments of the 1980–1 disorders, focussing upon Toxteth, Liverpool and Moss Side, Manchester through interviews and original local records. Reaction to previous disturbances strengthened police tactics and riot control equipment, with this transformation demonstrated by the first use of CS gas within mainland Britain and suggestions of arming the police or mobilising the army; radical black groups even alleged the police instigated the July disorders to justify enhanced equipment and ‘stronger’ police tactics. In Moss Side, during a contentious meeting between local community organisations and the police, apparent advances in the police/community relationship were alleged to have actually been a ploy to justify a forceful police response to disorder, employing tactics modelled upon Northern Ireland examples – including using police vehicles to disperse crowds, and ‘snatch squads’ targeting influential participants. Authorities again framed disturbances around law and order, rather than addressing broader issues of racism, discrimination, or their economic and social policies; Manchester Chief Constable James Anderton’s actions were described by the government as a ‘conspicuous success’, but did little to improve poor police/black relations at the heart of spreading disturbances.

Hooliganism and Police Tactics

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
PANU POUTVAARA ◽  
MIKAEL PRIKS
Keyword(s):  
Police Tactics

Police tactics and guilt status uniquely influence suspects’ physiologic reactivity and resistance to confess.

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Normile ◽  
Kyle C. Scherr
Keyword(s):  
Police Tactics

Tactical Considerations1

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-190
Author(s):  
Seth W. Stoughton ◽  
Jeffrey J. Noble ◽  
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Active Shooter ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Effects Of Stress ◽  
Police Tactics

Officers do not use force in a vacuum. It has long been recognized that a use of force is not the result of a single decision, but rather of “a contingent sequence of decisions and resulting behaviors—each increasing or decreasing the probability of an eventual use of … force.” How officers approach a situation, then, can affect whether and how they use force. Tactics are the techniques and procedures that officers use to protect themselves and community members. This chapter provides a framework for assessing police tactics, then offers an in-depth discussion of core tactical concepts. It explains why time is the single most important tactical consideration, details the effects of stress on human decision making, and illustrates how officers use tactical choices to “create time” and how they can use that time to minimize their need to use force. The chapter concludes by exploring the role of police tactics in three very different situations: arrests, crisis interventions, and active-shooter situations.

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