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What would be different about a progressive police force in this LiveStream instance prior to the curfew. Captain Ron Johnson tried to exhibit some of that but with the National Guard response, the higher-ups from the MO SHP are now in charge, apparently.
Progressive policing does exist, although one would be hard pressed to find it described amongst all the militarism highlighted recently.
A progressive agency is one that looks beyond the formerly accepted concepts of LE and attempts to enact new policies and procedures that benefit both the law enforcement officers and the community it serves. Some of those concepts are school resource officers, community policing theories AND community policing areas that hold monthly meetings to allow for dialogue between the citizens and the Officer assigned to the area. A third example of a progressive police department is one that has educational benefits and procedures in place that encourages its officers to attend additional academic courses that not only benefit the Department but also the Officer in furthering his academic and professional goals. http://forums.officer.com/...
Would a progressive police department deploy LRADs?
The Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) is an acoustic hailing device and sonic weapon developed by LRAD Corporation to send messages, warnings, and harmful, pain inducing tones over longer distances than normal loudspeakers. LRAD systems have been used to counter piracy, as non-lethal crowd control weapons, and as communication devices.
For some, it's about boundary setting
And as we've seen, there are counter-intuitive examples
7:52 PM PT: 945pm: after an evening or restrained protests, apparently some dueling bullhorns occurred among the more hardcore protesters and some clear provocations with objects thrown at the police. SWAT armored vehicles make their appearance and escalation.is happening.
7:54 PM PT: 953pm LRADs deployed because water bottles were thrown and as the crowd had nearly dispersed itself The use of LRADs actually has made the crowd more agitated
8:10 PM PT: 1009pm :crowd dispersal to the sidewalks seems to be happening. Kudos to community leaders who are trying to use bullhorns to get people onto the sidewalks
8:18 PM PT: 1016pm: police do not seem to have much inter-agency discipline, some are wearing gas masks as though ready for gas deployment, others have AR-15/ M4s at the ready - for what reason in terms of crowd control since the second they fire a whole bunch of people will be injured.
8:41 PM PT: 1039pm: arrests have been occurring sporadically, with cops surrounding the arresting officers then withdrawing back behind the police line. .
8:51 PM PT:
9:00 PM PT: 1058pm: community leaders have done a heroic job keeping folks relatively calm, although cops are making selective arrests seemingly unprovoked although there are plaincothes cops in among the crowd doing perhaps some selective targeting
9:06 PM PT: 1105pm: Cops seem to be on a timetable. LRADs and teargas now deployed
9:18 PM PT: 1117pm: unlike last night they seem to want folks unwilling to disperse to seek shelter with the media so this should be interesting in terms of arrests
9:20 PM PT: 1117pm: unlike last night they seem to want folks unwilling to disperse to seek shelter with the media so this should be interesting in terms of arrests
9:30 PM PT: 1129pm: KARG needs a shotgun(sic) mike to catch what are probably some interesting verbal interchanges farther away
9:32 PM PT: 1231pm: the one cop in the police line aiming his M4 down the street should know better
10:40 PM PT: 1239pm: apparently shots were fired (inside the Domino's (looters?)) no word on casualties
I am going to bed, but it is interesting that the National Guard is defending the Unified Command Center at a local shopping center which is now being described as under threat of being "overrun" night before last. Before the RWNJs get to it first let's call it "Fort Benghazi"
Some flare ups, but no meltdowns in Ferguson : News
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