Be Prepared to Evacuate with this Checklist! And since it’s a pen, it doesn’t draw much attention. This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. "Your most powerful tool is the arrest," he says. If you don't have that kind of commitment up and down the food chain, people will be hesitant to carry out their missions.". And the cycle continues.". You also need to learn some hand to hand combat moves and some knife defense. Simply go with the flow of the mob and have patience. Basically, their mission was to baby-sit the location. CA Deputy Wounded in Ambush, White Supremacist Suspect Killed, KY Legislator who Authored No-Knock Warrant Bill Arrested in Louisville Riot, Police Say She Tried to Burn Library, South Carolina Officer Killed in Head-On Crash, Seattle Police Come Under Attack During Breonna Taylor Rioting, London Police Officer Murdered in Station Headquarters, Female California Deputy Jailed for Alleged Sex Act with Teenage Boy, Colorado Department's New K-9 Named After Fallen Officer, Buffalo PD No Longer Requiring Names on Uniforms, St. Louis Chief Hopes End of Residency Requirement Boosts Recruiting, 2 Louisville Officers Shot During Rioting Over Breonna Taylor Ruling, Document looters on video for future prosecution. In a second night of unrest in cities across the country, protests that appeared to be mostly peaceful in daylight hours devolved into violence following the approach of night, with one officer in Seattle being attacked with a baseball bat by a rioter as other officers dodged fireworks being thrown at them by the unruly assembly. The official jail buildings were flooded. If you’re walking down the street and you see guys running out of Best Buy with TVs in their arms, just keep moving. Ferguson and many people were injured as a result. "Having a plan is essential," adds Odenthal. The looters hit the gun stores in New Orleans first, loading up with rifles and ammunition to better fend for the crimes to follow. You don’t want yourself or your family anywhere around this person. Should looting break out, establishing containment and control become your primary missions. Beene offers an example of how the allocation of police resources and implementation of policies can change very rapidly during a looting incident. Control Your Emotions. Once you identify this leader keep your distance and stay near less violent and less volatile individuals. Your email address will not be published. Blend in with the Mob of Looters and Rioters. Hopefully, you can agree that if Michael Brown had his hands up and was not a threat to the officer but was shot six times anyway, then that would be murder and the officer should go to jail. Before long, they moved from the business districts to nearby residences. "Next, you have to have sufficient training, personnel, and logistics to carry out that mission. This will help you understand where you need to get to and what you need to get there. If you’re walking down the street and you see guys running out of Best Buy with TVs in their arms, just keep moving. At the time of his death, Lindamood was 45 years old. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This will help you ensure that you're not letting criminals back in. Two committed suicide. "The chief thing to remember is that the problem is almost never as extensive as it is reported. "But ideally, you need to do certain things simultaneously. Some jurisdictions have a 'y'all come' mentality, leaving things to improvised coordination. Yes, looters are low-lifes but now is not the time to give them a lesson on the Ten Commandments. ( Log Out / Dennis Beene, a Region 6 law enforcement coordinator with California's Office of Emergency Services, notes that much of what happens during a riot is very similar to what is routinely handled by law enforcement personnel, just at a monolithic scale. Some simply tossed in their badges. ( Log Out / ", Odenthal adds one important point. From the very top on down, everyone has to be on the same page. "You can't just open the gates and let people in. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. I’m not asking you to believe in what you’re saying/doing, but I am asking you to go undercover … But with looters we have an added dynamic of a moving problem," Beene says. ( Log Out / This is why you need to know how to survive. It's pretty common for some officers to assume that an agency's indecisiveness in the face of such diabolical choices is a result of administrative cowardice. I also carry a tactical pen on me at all times.