OPOTA- UNIT 9 UNIT CIVIL DISORDERS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain the balance between the First Amendment rights and the need to protect public safety property a) The First Amendment does not protect against unlawful, violent, or destructive behavior b) Law enforcements responsibility is to objectively discern when a lawful protest becomes unlawful c) The goal is to protect lawful activity while identifying and isolating unlawful behavior d) Peace officers may not be influenced by the content of the opinions, race, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, religion, or political affiliation of anyone exercising their constitutional rights Describe mob behavior a) A MOB is a crowd whose members, under the stimulus of intense excitement and agitation, lose their sense of reason, sense of law and order, and respect for others b) Ohio law describes a mob as a collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to anyone, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and without authority of law c) Escape Mob: i) -Highly emotional charged crowd that is driven by fear ii) This fear creates unreasonable and frantic behavior that drives the crowd to seek individual safety iii) Difficult to control, so it is best to try and control their movement by routing them to areas where the potential for injury is lessened iv) Trying to block them in areas may increase the possibility of injury to the mob and the officers trying to contain them d) Aggressive Mob: i) Will attack, riot, and terrorize others ii) Goal is the destruction of property and physical attacks on others iii) These acts seem to feed off of each other and increase in severity until the mob is stopped e) Acquisitive (looting) Mob: i) Has the desire to acquire something for free; loot for things such as food or merchandise ii) May also try to take the officer hostage f) Expressive Mob: i) Is the expressing intense feelings or revelry ii) Usually follows some special event (e.g. rivalry football game)b iii) Can be very destructive Escape Mob: i) -Highly emotional charged crowd that is driven by fear ii) This fear creates unreasonable and frantic behavior that drives the crowd to seek individual safety iii) Difficult to control, so it is best to try and control their movement by routing them to areas where the potential for injury is lessened iv) Trying to block them in areas may increase the possibility of injury to the mob and the officers trying to contain them Aggressive Mob: i) Will attack, riot, and terrorize others ii) Goal is the destruction of property and physical attacks on others iii) These acts seem to feed off of each other and increase in severity until the mob is stopped Acquisitive (looting) Mob: i) Has the desire to acquire something for free; loot for things such as food or merchandise ii) May also try to take the officer hostage Expressive Mob: i) Is the expressing intense feelings or revelry ii) Usually follows some special event (e.g. rivalry football game)b iii) Can be very destructive Distinguish the basic concepts of perimeter crowd control a) Linear strategy - deploys police forces as a blocking force along a roadway or geographic barrier perpendicular to access routes into the impacted area b) Cordoning - surrounding a particular problem area by using linear strategy to seal off access on all sides c) Sectoring - dividing the cordoned area into smaller sized units in which control area can be re-established individually once sufficient police resources are assembled to regain control State the common uses for a mobile field force a) Control of unruly crowds either hostile or passive b) To seal off problem areas regardless of size c) To rescue citizens or officers from crowds d) To clear an area of hostile individuals by use of proactive tactics e) To apprehend multiple offenders, if required HC labeling color code yellow (smoke) CS labeling color code blue (tear gas) OC labeling color code orange (pepper) CN labeling color code red (no longer used) State the steps for administering first aid to an individual who has been exposed to the chemical agents CS or OC a) Remove individual from the contaminated area b) Encourage the individual to remain calm c) Advise individual not to rub their eyes d) Flush affected tissue areas with clean, fresh water e) If the individual's condition is questionable, seek professional medical help