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. The IACP stands ready to ensure its members have the tools and resources needed to address issues they may face in times of social discord. To that end, the IACP has a wide array of resources readily available to members that address crowd management and civil demonstrations, to include: 

• 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
• Research Center Resource: Policing Campus Demonstrations
• The Mass Demonstration Rapid Response Team (MDRRT): A service of the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC), led by the IACP in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), the MDRRT provides state, local, territorial, campus, and tribal law enforcement agencies with resources, tools, strategies, and information to problem-solve and maximize communications between the agency and community when faced with a mass demonstration event. The MDRRT offers immediate support at no cost for preparing and responding to mass demonstration events and protests through technical assistance (TA) which includes, virtual coaching/mentoring, agency peer exchange, on-site consultation, and resource referral. Requests for assistance may be submitted through the CRI-TAC website or by contacting [email protected].

Further, additional fee-based content and video training are available through IACPlearn. 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:

• 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: Proactively Developing and Integrating Communications Strategies Ahead of Public Demonstrations