Riot Control

Riot Control - Materiel and Techniquesis a newly updated, extensively revised edition of Col. Rex Applegate's classic law enforcement and reference text. This new edition is, quite simple, the only comprehensive study available on the tactics and tools needed to defeat riot-makers. From a small, spontaneous mob to a monstrous, leftist-planned rally-turned-riot, Applegate tells how to contain, subdue, and disperse rioters effectively, humanely, and quickly. The text focuses on three main operational techniques: (1) the deployment of men; (2) the use of chemical agents in appropriate situations; and (3) the armament, vehicles and other special equipment developed and used specifically for riot containment and dispersal. Training officers particularly will welcome Riot Control to their libraries. Explained in detail are a multitude of practical tactics and formations that have been proven effective in mob-torn cities around the world. Hundreds of line drawings and photos make these methods clear to every member of the department. Col. Applegate is also well known as a leading hand-to-hand combat expert (he wrote the famous police self-defense text, Kill or get killed). This expertise makes Riot Control's chapter on the proper use of the riot baton the most useful ever written. Attending to the reference value of this text are dozens of new product photos with descriptions, as well as a complete appendix of sources and manufacturers for such materiel. These include riot shields, body armor, helmets, optical aids, batons, non-lethal chemical agents, firearms, special vehicles and much more. Riot Control - Materiel and Techniques offers international police forces the practical knowledge needed to prepare for their greatest impending challenge: the riots of the 1980s.