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Crowd and riot control

01 January 1991

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Crowd and riot control
(Including close combat techniques for military and police)
libdoc November=1991

Author: Applegate Colonel Rex
Publisher: Stackpole Company 1964 pp. 528
Keywords: US Public order Police equipment Military
Contents:

Part 1: Dealing with the mob
1. Modern mob violence
2. Control of civil and domestic disturbances
3. Police control of crowds
4. Chemical munitions for control of civil disturbances
5. Obscuring smoke for crowd and riot control
6. The police dog
7. The police baton
8. Communications, intelligence and equipment for riot control 9.
Communist tactics and strategy in directing mob violence
10. The professional riot control unit

Part 2: Dealing with the individual
11. Combat use of the hand gun
12. Combat firing with shoulder weapons
13. Raids and room combat
14. Firearms training techniques and combat ranges
15. Unarmed combat
16. Knife attack and defence
17. Disarming techniques
18. Prisoner handling and control

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