Crisis and Control

Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- Context and Protest Policing -- The Logic of Protest Policing -- Diffusion -- Diffusion and Policing -- Conclusion -- 2 Policing Waves of Protest, 1995-2013 -- The Tactics -- Less-Lethal Weapons -- Pepper Spray -- Tasers -- Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) -- Flash-bang Grenades -- Tear Gas -- Rubber Bullets -- Barricading Strategies -- Summit Walls/Perimeter Fences -- Protest Pens or "Free Speech Zones"--Kettling -- Pre-emptive Arrests -- Infiltration and Conspiracy Charges -- Public Relations and Media Spin -- Militarized Units -- Repertoire of Repression -- Waves of Protest -- Waves of Protest and Reorganizing Repression -- The Wave of the Global Justice Movement -- Convention and Summit Protests -- Best Practices for Worst-case Scenarios -- Policing Occupy Movements -- Conclusion -- 3 To Serve and Protect Who? Policing Trends and Best Practices -- Best Practices in Professional Policing -- New Managerialism -- Community Policing -- Information Technology -- Intelligence-led Policing -- Canadian vs. US Policing -- Local Variations of Protest Policing -- Explaining Local Variation -- 4 Local Legitimacy and Struggles for Control -- Montreal-Service De Police De La Ville De Montreal (SPVM) -- Montreal-Protest Policing -- New York City-New York Police Department (NYPD) -- The NYPD and Protest Policing -- Metropolitan Toronto Police Service (1995-98)/Toronto Police Service (TPS) (1998-present) -- Toronto Police Service-Protest Policing -- Washington, DC-Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC) -- Washington, DC-Protest Policing -- Comparing the Forces -- 5 Officers Under Attack-The Thin Blue Line, Pepper Spray, and Police Identity -- Pepper Spray and its Use