command and control

crowd control

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  • French National Police: patrolling
    In police: Methods of crowd policing

    …strategy of crowd control, called command and control, emerged in the United States. Spearheaded by the New York City Police Department, the strategy was basically an updated version of the escalation of force paradigm, with advanced technological underpinnings. The strategy involves the fragmentation of crowds before they may become rioting…

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