Misdemeanor Vandalism/Property Damage

• Perimeter/Crowd Control Teams will identify violators and take appropriate enforcement action
• Without clear and compelling need, arrests shall only be made with the approval of a sergeant or above.
• You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning. Do you understand this?

Violence/Threat of great bodily Injury

• Perimeter/Crowd Control Teams will identify violators for arrest and/or cite on view of violation
• Absent exigent circumstances, the authority to employ less lethal force options shall be vested with a lieutenant or above, and only upon clear and compelling circumstances.
• Impact munitions should not be deployed at violent agitators who are embedded in a crowd of peaceful protestors without a clear line of site of the violent agitator. This is meant to mitigate accidental hits on peaceful protestors.

Crowd Control/Movement

• Vandalism/Violence overwhelming large fights
• The decision to declare an assembly unlawful and disperse a mob shall be made by a lieutenant or higher
• Chemical agents will be deployed only with approval of the Incident Commander. Conditions that may require the use of chemical agents include, but are not limited to:
  1. When mob control efforts are proving ineffective,
  2. The conditions have become too dangerous for officers to enter or remain in an area
  3. The dynamics of the mob demand immediate and forceful dispersal

Responsibilities of Team Leaders

• Ensure proper notification to the crowd is given in all languages that are appropriate. Consider visual warnings as well (digital billboards)
• Maintain the cohesion of their team
• Do not allow team members to take independent action
• Accept responsibility for team communications with the Incident Commander/Area Commander
• Advise the Incident Commander of any law violations
• Perimeter Team leaders must allow law abiding citizens who wish to leave the area an ability to exit
• Each use of force shall be fully documented, to include the rationale and description of the suspect if not arrested.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT RESPONSES ARE COORDINATED BY THE COMMANDERS AND MEMBERS ADHERE TO THOSE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AT THE TIME. EXCEPT UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO COMMANDERS, TEAM LEADERS AND THE OVERWATCH.

"OFFICERS NEVER RELINQUISH THE RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE"