PATROL PROCEDURES UPDATED EXAMS SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Key objectives (crowd control) - ✔✔1. Disperse Crowds
2. Arrest violators
✔✔Crowds (definition) - ✔✔A large number of persons temporarily congregated.
Generally, the members of a crowd think and act as individuals without organization
✔✔4 Crowd classifications - ✔✔1. Casual
2. Cohesive
3. Expressive
4. Aggresssive
✔✔Casual crowd definition - ✔✔Has no unity of purpose and no leadership; i.e.
shoppers, on-lookers, or watchers who come and go, and will usually respond to the
direction of the police
✔✔Cohesive crowd definition - ✔✔Usually assembles for a common purpose without
leadership, i.e. spectators at sporting events, along parade routes, and other activities.
They have a common interest but behave and think as individuals
, ✔✔Expressive crowed definition - ✔✔Are assembled for some purpose. They have
leadership and the intention of expressing an attitude for or against some person or
idea, i.e. political rallies and picket lines
✔✔Aggressive crowd definition - ✔✔Is usually assembled for some purpose. They have
positive leadership, are determined to accomplish a specific end, and move actively
toward their objective. Usually high emotional tension is present. This type crowd can
easily become a mob. Consequently, this type of crowd presents an acute police
problem.
✔✔Physiological effects - ✔✔Shaking, sweaty hands
Increased rate of breathing or hold one's breath
Dry mouth
Loss of peripheral vision
Reduce auditory ability
Loss of fine motor skills
fear
Intense physical and mental duress
✔✔Aftermath of active shooter - ✔✔Self doubt about one's action
Grief, anguish, and anger by the supervisors and relatives of the victims
A relentless media in pursuit of blame and sensationalized stories
Monday morning quarterbacking back many tactical expertsd
✔✔Mobs - ✔✔A crowd develops into a mob when all or most members of the crowd
have been instilled with a purpose and intent to carry out their purpose, regardless of
the consequences. Transformation can be made, for example, by the urgings of a
forceful crowd leader, the appearance of an individual of importance to the crowd, or the
accomplishment of an act of violence.
✔✔A mob reaches the ___________ ___________ when acts of violence are
committed - ✔✔hot stage
✔✔Aggressive mob - ✔✔Riots and terrorizes as in the case of race riots, lynching,
political riots, or prison riots
✔✔Escape mob - ✔✔In the state of panic. In their attempt to secure a safe flight,
members of this mob may have lost their power of reasoning
✔✔Acquisitive mob - ✔✔Motivated by desire to acquire something. i.e food roits
✔✔Response factors for crowd control - ✔✔Manpower, equipment, and tactical
alternatives
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Key objectives (crowd control) - ✔✔1. Disperse Crowds
2. Arrest violators
✔✔Crowds (definition) - ✔✔A large number of persons temporarily congregated.
Generally, the members of a crowd think and act as individuals without organization
✔✔4 Crowd classifications - ✔✔1. Casual
2. Cohesive
3. Expressive
4. Aggresssive
✔✔Casual crowd definition - ✔✔Has no unity of purpose and no leadership; i.e.
shoppers, on-lookers, or watchers who come and go, and will usually respond to the
direction of the police
✔✔Cohesive crowd definition - ✔✔Usually assembles for a common purpose without
leadership, i.e. spectators at sporting events, along parade routes, and other activities.
They have a common interest but behave and think as individuals
, ✔✔Expressive crowed definition - ✔✔Are assembled for some purpose. They have
leadership and the intention of expressing an attitude for or against some person or
idea, i.e. political rallies and picket lines
✔✔Aggressive crowd definition - ✔✔Is usually assembled for some purpose. They have
positive leadership, are determined to accomplish a specific end, and move actively
toward their objective. Usually high emotional tension is present. This type crowd can
easily become a mob. Consequently, this type of crowd presents an acute police
problem.
✔✔Physiological effects - ✔✔Shaking, sweaty hands
Increased rate of breathing or hold one's breath
Dry mouth
Loss of peripheral vision
Reduce auditory ability
Loss of fine motor skills
fear
Intense physical and mental duress
✔✔Aftermath of active shooter - ✔✔Self doubt about one's action
Grief, anguish, and anger by the supervisors and relatives of the victims
A relentless media in pursuit of blame and sensationalized stories
Monday morning quarterbacking back many tactical expertsd
✔✔Mobs - ✔✔A crowd develops into a mob when all or most members of the crowd
have been instilled with a purpose and intent to carry out their purpose, regardless of
the consequences. Transformation can be made, for example, by the urgings of a
forceful crowd leader, the appearance of an individual of importance to the crowd, or the
accomplishment of an act of violence.
✔✔A mob reaches the ___________ ___________ when acts of violence are
committed - ✔✔hot stage
✔✔Aggressive mob - ✔✔Riots and terrorizes as in the case of race riots, lynching,
political riots, or prison riots
✔✔Escape mob - ✔✔In the state of panic. In their attempt to secure a safe flight,
members of this mob may have lost their power of reasoning
✔✔Acquisitive mob - ✔✔Motivated by desire to acquire something. i.e food roits
✔✔Response factors for crowd control - ✔✔Manpower, equipment, and tactical
alternatives
