The United States respects the rights of all citizens to peaceably assemble and to express their views as part of the foundation of democracy.  Unfortunately, some abuse this right endangering other citizen’s right to live at peace in their communities.  Research has shown that protests nationally are becoming increasingly violent.  Prevention of violence and crime is the ultimate duty of any law enforcement officer.  

  This course will provide the participant proven techniques for preventing and mitigating violence at otherwise peaceful events, while protecting citizen’s rights.  This course is NOT a tactical crowd/riot control course but rather proactive in nature, addressing; intelligence gathering, legal considerations, the permitting process, operational planning with organizers and additional aspects of the prevention process. 

 Who should Attend? 

  This course is appropriate for management, supervision and line officers of any law enforcement agency.  This course is restricted to law enforcement of criminal justice practitioners in public service. 

  Course Objectives:  

  1.  At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to identify the legal restrictions to protest based upon case law. 

3.    At the conclusion of this course the student will identify certain possible precursors to violence deemed “not protected” under the First Amendment of the constitution of the United States. 

4.    Given a written or verbal test, the student will be able to identify the “5-I” approach to protester violence planning and provide examples of each.  

5.    Given a written or verbal test, the student will be able to identify through case law the legal use of “Assembly/Special Event Permits,” and identify rules which may be implemented as part of the permit approval. 

6.    The student will be able to plan for violence at approved assemblies and utilize proven crime prevention techniques to reduce, eliminate or mitigate the violence potential.   

  Course Length: Two days