Published 22 July 2011
In preparation for next year’s Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay Florida, nearly every local police department employee is required to attend a three-day training course.
The mandatory training is designed to teach officers how to control large crowds.
“It’s kind of a no-brainer,” explained Captain Brian Dugan who is in charge of the Tampa police department’s crowd management division. “It’s different techniques; lessons learned from other types of events from football games to political events.”
Dugan avoided speaking more specifically, but did say that the training course covers basic crowd management techniques and that roughly half of the three days are spent doing hands-on training.
“You’re always concerned you’re overtraining, but I’m not sure we can over-prepare for this,” Dugan said. Read more
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