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mobile Gendarme s doing riot control.]] Riot control are the measures to Control a Riot or to break up a Demonstration (usually of protesters). TACTICS ]] The initial choice of Tactics determines the type of manpower and equipment used. The base choice is between Lethal (e.g. 12 gauge Shotgun ) and Non-lethal Weapon ry (e.g. Tear Gas ). The decision is based on the perceived level of threat and the existing laws; in many countries it is illegal to use lethal force to control riots in all but the most extreme circumstances. Threat-dependent force deployment is easily visible. The traditional mainstay of riot control are specially equipped Police Officers with fire-retardant clothing, Kevlar Armour , special helmets and Gas Mask s, Plastic Shields , extended Baton s or special riot hand weapons (such as the Sjambok and Lathi ), and possibly Taser s or similar. These officers subdue rioters and subsequently allow the less heavily armoured, more mobile officers to arrest people. In face of a greater threat, the riot police will be backed up with other officers equipped with Riot Gun s to fire Tear Gas , Rubber Bullet s, Plastic Bullet s or Beanbag Rounds . One main weapon is vehicle-mounted Water Cannon . The most modern watercannon versions are capable of adding Dye to mark rioters or adding tear gas to the water. In any Combat ive pursuit, heavy supporting Firepower can only accomplish so much. Often in major unrest, police in Armoured Vehicle s (such as Land Rover s) may be sent in following an initial subduing with firepower. Occasionally, Police Dog s are deployed. As a less aggressive step, Mounted Police may first be sent into the crowd. The might and height offered by the Horse are combined with its training, allowing an officer to more safely infiltrate a crowd. Often batons are the only weapons used. However, in a hunger riot in Vienna in 1919 the rioters resisted the police horses and killed many of them, and afterwards butchered them on the spot for their flesh. Usually, when front-facing a riot, officers slowly walk in a line parallel to the riot's front, extending to both its ends, as they noisily and simultaneously march and beat their shields with their batons, to cause fear and psychological effects on the crowd. The French CRS 's tactics against a long Demonstration march is to attack it at several points and chop it into segments, rather than to merely try to block it at its front end. SHIELDS See Riot Shield . TEAR GAS This can be fired in various ways: Tear Gas Grenade Gun , tear gas grenade thrown by hand, Tear Gas sprays. There have been batons that contain a tear gas spray. BATONS
HELMETS Designs include:
RESEARCH The police have been conducting research into their application in the fields of riot control. The most recent research into the field of less than lethal weaponry has produced such innovations as:-
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