Brit police train for riot scenarios

[timezone]

Police officers from forces across the South West are to receive training to prepare them for riots.

Police horses, dogs and a helicopter will be used to add realism during the
Police train for riot scenarios

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two-day courses at Moreton-in-Marsh Fire College, Gloucestershire.

Some officers will take on the role of hostile crowds in real-life scenarios such as raves, demonstrations and disorder at football matches.

Missiles and petrol bombs will be thrown as part of the training.

Officers attending the training will come from Gloucestershire; Dorset; Wiltshire; Avon & Somerset; and Devon & Cornwall Constabularies.

Inspector Mac McGarry, of Gloucestershire Constabulary Operational Services, said: "These are very important and impactive sessions because it is essential all officers allocated to the Public Disorder Unit experience the sort of difficulties they will encounter in real-life situations.

"It also gives us the chance to test the command structure we have in place and the inter-operability with other forces."

[xdnax]

damn...i hate it when they "run drills" :rolleyes: things tend to go "wrong".

i know they're having big meetings up here in the north west about bomb-scares. thats coming up soon.
councils, emergency services etc etc meeting up.

cant reeeeally get too freaked, cos these things need 2 have things in place......buuuuut.....makes u wonder.

[killmicrosoft]

damn...i hate it when they "run drills" :rolleyes: things tend to go "wrong".

i know they're having big meetings up here in the north west about bomb-scares. thats coming up soon.
councils, emergency services etc etc meeting up.

cant reeeeally get too freaked, cos these things need 2 have things in place......buuuuut.....makes u wonder.


any other info

[deckard]

riot training is nothing new.

[ennui]

riot training is nothing new.

No it's not. I don't think we can read anything into this.

[timezone]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/12/recession-unemploymentdata :D

[deckard]

No it's not. I don't think we can read anything into this.

not really.
There have been riots happenning for decades mate, try ancient rome.

[3stepsahead]

not really.
There have been riots happenning for decades mate, try ancient rome.

but neutralizing dissidents are a fairly easy task.
yet they always seem to fuck up that too:rolleyes: ... so they train for something bigger?

[deckard]

but neutralizing dissidents are a fairly easy task.
yet they always seem to fuck up that too:rolleyes: ... so they train for something bigger?

how do you mean fuck up?

[3stepsahead]

how do you mean fuck up?

like tasing or beating people that are not violent or destructive.

[deckard]

like tasing or beating people that are not violent or destructive.

Well thats not a riot situation is it?

[3stepsahead]

i would expect to find some ,even many civilians cought up by a riot.
and lo, riot police do attend demonstrations and other public events sometimes.

guess i did go ahead of my self there though ;) its late :D
i deem myself unresponsible for saying anything :p

[deckard]

i would expect to find some ,even many civilians cought up by a riot.
and lo, riot police do attend demonstrations and other public events sometimes.
guess i did go ahead of my self there though ;) its late :D
i deem myself unresponsible for saying anything :p

The best thing you can do is walk away if your caught up in it, the riot police will lay into anyone now for simply facing them, as passive protesting is now considered civil unrest.