PROTESTS

Question 1

It is the policy of this department to protect

Answer 1

people,
their property, and
rights
while providing the best in public safety and service

Question 2

First Amendment rights do not safeguard (6)

Answer 2

violations of established laws,
advocating imminent violence,
endangering or physically harassing people,
rioting,
looting,
blocking the entrance to a building, or assembling on private property without the consent of the owner

Question 3

crowd management(8)

Answer 3

Techniques used to address crowds, including
communication with event organizers,
a display of police officers,
containment,
travel lane closures,
buffer zones,
mobile field force tactics,
dispersal tactics, and
arrest procedures.

Question 4

protest

Answer 4

A form of dissent, varying in degrees of action or disruption, identified as:

Peaceful Demonstration – A lawful public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent toward an idea or action.

Civil Disobedience – Nonviolent protest where there is an intentional breach of the law.

Riot – An assembly that constitutes a clear and present danger of violent or unlawful acts, including, civil unrest, destruction of property, arson, looting, or when another immediate threat to public safety, peace, or order appears.

Question 5

Ideally, police action in peaceful demonstrations will be

Answer 5

minimal

Question 6

When responding to an unplanned or spontaneous protest or large public gathering, first-responding officer will conduct an assessment of conditions, including:(6)

Answer 6

Location

Number of participants

Apparent purpose of the event

Identity of event organizers

Any initial indicators of unlawful or disruptive activity

Presence of counter-protesters

Question 7

Orders to Disperse

Answer 7

Unless there is an immediate risk to public safety or significant property damage is occurring, reasonable time will be allowed for a crowd to comply with commands before enforcement action is taken.

If there is an immediate threat of physical harm or death to a person, then no order to disperse must be provided

If there is an immediate threat of harm to property, then only one order to disperse must be provided.

Question 8

__________perform an important function in a free society and have a constitutional right, provided they are not interfering with police operations or violating a law, to report on a newsworthy event; the department respects this right.

Answer 8

Members of the press and/or legal observers

Question 9

Arrests During a Protest, who authorizes all arrests time permitting?

Answer 9

on-scene lieutenant

Question 10

In making an arrest, supervisors will(protest)

Answer 10

Consider timing, location, and method of the arrest and resources available.

If circumstances allow, assemble an arrest team, comprised of a minimum of a supervisor and multiple officers. Individual officers are not precluded from making arrests when there is a clear violation of law and the arrest will defuse the situation.

Not interfere or arrest professional members of the media or legal observers performing their respective functions (observing, capturing, and/or reporting on protests or events) so long as they are performed in a safe and legal manner. If a professional member of the media or legal observer is arrested, the IC will be advised as soon as possible.

Question 11

The use of force and the application of force tools will not be indiscriminate, what is the exception?

Answer 11

aerosol irritants deployed pursuant to a dispersal order