riot shields
Police protest protection
Riot shields are large protective barriers carried by police or military personnel during crowd control.
Made of transparent plastic or reinforced material, they defend against thrown objects and allow formation of defensive lines.
Officers advanced behind riot shields as protesters hurled bottles.
The transparency lets users see threats while maintaining protection.
- polycarbonateStrong transparent synthetic polymer
- plexiglassClear acrylic sheet material
- shield wallsLinked defensive combat formation
- KevlarProtective synthetic fiber
- street battlesCombat in public thoroughfares
laminated glass · crowd control · thermoplastics · armored vehicles · protective equipment · tactical gear · demonstrators · formation · goggles · phalanx · defensive · dispersal · frontline · standoff · confrontation · police · kettling · tactical
- impact-resistantphone cases, safety glass, helmets, hard hats, bumpers
- crowd controlrubber bullets, pepper balls, water cannon, tear gas, flashbang
- prison equipmenthandcuffs, shackles, prison bars, cell bars, bars
riot shieldsbatons
Handheld directing sticks
truncheons · nightsticks · water cannons · rubber bullets · projectiles
riot shieldsbare hands
Ungloved, unequipped extremities
unprotected · defenselessness · nakedness · vulnerability · unshielded
riot shieldsbricks
Fired clay building units
picket signs · barricades · rocks · banners · umbrellas