riot police
Protest response unit
Riot police are law enforcement officers specially trained and equipped to control crowds during civil unrest, protests, or public disturbances.
They typically wear protective gear—helmets, shields, body armor—and may use batons, tear gas, water cannons, or rubber bullets.
Riot police were deployed when the demonstration turned violent.
- kettlingEncircling crowd control method
- tear gasEye-irritating riot dispersant
- crowd controlRegulating gathered masses
- tactical formationArranged positioning of forces
- flashbangsNon-lethal blinding explosive
crowd dispersal · law enforcement · rubber bullets · gendarmerie · helmet · civil unrest · civil disorder · skirmish line · front line · National Guard · curfew enforcement · water cannons · armored vehicles · baton · barricade · public disorder · megaphone · standoff
- law enforcementFBI, patrolmen, cop, beat cops, DEA
- Police Unitspatrol unit, SWAT, SWAT team, homicide unit, detective unit
- Police Historyconstables, night watch, Scotland Yard, sheriffs, thief-takers
- riot controltear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets, pepper spray, crowd control
- Russian Policemilitia, national guard, precinct, patrol officer, special forces
- SWATSWAT, tactical team, entry team, ballistic shield, battering ram
riot policedetectives
Those who solve crimes
investigators · homicide detectives · undercover agents · intelligence officers · beat cops
riot policerioters
Violent public disorder participants
protesters · demonstrators · insurgents · revolutionaries · mob
riot policemediators
Conflict resolution facilitators
negotiators · peacekeepers · crisis counselors · peace officers