Crowd Management and Civil Demonstrations Resources
During these extraordinarily challenging times, the ability of police leaders, elected officials, and communities to prepare for, respond to, and successfully manage demonstrations and protests is more critical than ever. As always, the IACP stands ready to ensure its members have the tools and resources needed to address the challenges they are facing. To that end, the IACP has a wide array of resources available to members that address crowd management and civil demonstrations. These include model policies, one-page overviews, articles from Police Chief magazine, and video training available through IACPlearn.
- Policy Center resource: Crowd Management
- Policy Center resource: Incident Command
- Community-Police Engagement Resource: Checklist for Civil Demonstration Response
- Community-Police Engagement Resource: Community Engagement and Dialogue
- Community-Police Engagement Resource: Options for Community Engagement and Dialogue
- Police Chief magazine: No More Rocks and Bottles: Lessons Learned in Crisis Communications
- Police Chief magazine: Chief’s Counsel: Pandemics, Protests, Social Justice, and Qualified Immunity
- Police Chief magazine: Turning “Us Against Them” into “We’re In This Together”
- Police Chief magazine: Collaborative Response to Critical Incidents: An International Perspective on Responding to Emergency Situations
- Police Chief magazine: Critical Incident Management: A Systematic Guide to Planning
To view IACPlearn content, log in using your IACP account credentials. Use the below links to navigate directly to learning content and click register at the top right to access additional fee-based training.
- IACPlearn: Use-of-Force, Crowd Control, and Civil Disturbances: A Brief Primer - FLETC
- IACPlearn: Crowd Management Policy and Tactics - A Global Perspective
- IACPlearn: The Evolution of Protests in the 21st Century and Effective Strategies for Managing Them
- IACPlearn: Riot Medic: Tactical Emergency Medical Support of Civil Disturbance Units
- IACPlearn: Demonstrations on University and College Campuses: Law Enforcement’s Role in Planning and Response