Looking for Leaders, Looking for Trouble: Police-Protestor Dynamics in Public Order Situations
Areas for Discussion 1.Looking for Leaders 2.Providing a Focus 3.Looking for Trouble
Looking for Leaders Crowd as Collective –“Riot Generals” –Crowd Psychology Leaderless Groups –Ideology –Internal differences –Negotiated management
Providing a Focus Policing the Protest or Police as Protest? –Police as target –Stand-Offs Cop-ping the Blame –Policing as cause
Looking for Trouble Expecting the Worst –‘History’ –Media Training for Trouble –Simulating Riots –VDPs
Concluding Remarks Need to Disaggregate –Communication –Leaderless intervention Force as Focus –Flexibility –Responsive Policing Tempered Training –Not just Simulation –Clearing the red-mist?