Snatch squad: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 08:03, 15 June 2008

A snatch squad is a police riot control tactic where several Police officer, usually in protective riot gear, rush forwards usually in a straight line to snatch one or more individuals from the riot or demonstration which they are opposing.

In one British form of snatch squad, 3 or 4 officers rush at a group of violent or disorderly group of people with two of the men carrying batons and the other a shield: the officer with the shield rushes the most violent of the group and force the subject in between the shield and a wall, while the officers with the batons would arrest the others and escort them out of the crowds.

Images

Police snatch squad who have dragged a photographer over the railings, Seattle, 20 June 2002
German police snatch squad ready for action (6th image on page)

Other uses

This link uses "snatch squad" to mean a remote-country rescue squad.
This link uses "snatch squad" to mean an animal rescue squad.
Sonic The Hedgehog: Sonic Search And Snatch Squad is a Sonic the Hedgehog episode.

This crime-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-A '''snatch squad''' is a police [[riot control]] tactic where several men, usually in [[riot gear]], run forwards out of the rank to snatch one or more individuals from the riot or demonstration which they are opposing.
+A '''snatch squad''' is a police [[riot control]] tactic where several [[officers|Police officer]], usually in protective [[riot gear]], rush forwards usually in a straight line to snatch one or more individuals from the riot or demonstration which they are opposing.
-In one British form of snatch squad, 3 or 4 men rush at a group of violent or disorderly group of people with two of the men carrying [[baton]]s and the other a [[shield]]: the officer with the shield rushes the most violent of the group and force him in between the shield and a wall, while the officers with the batons would arrest the others and escort them out of the crowds.
+In one British form of snatch squad, 3 or 4 officers rush at a group of violent or disorderly group of people with two of the men carrying [[baton]]s and the other a [[shield]]: the officer with the shield rushes the most violent of the group and force the subject in between the shield and a wall, while the officers with the batons would arrest the others and escort them out of the crowds.
 ==Images==