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Riot police are police who are organised, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots.

Riot police may be regular police who act in the role of riot police in particular situations or they may be separate units organised within or in parallel to regular police forces. Riot police are used in a variety of different situations and for a variety of different purposes. They may be employed to control riots as their name suggests, to disperse or control crowds, to maintain public order or discourage criminality, to protect people or property, to function as a tool of political repression by breaking up protests and suppressing dissent or civil disobedience.

Riot gear

Riot police often use special equipment termed riot gear to help protect themselves and attack others. Riot gear typically includes personal armor, batons, riot shields and riot helmets. Many riot police teams also deploy specialized less-than-lethal weapons, such as pepper spray, tear gas, rifles that fire rubber bullets, stun grenades, and Long Range Acoustic Devices.

List of riot police organizations

Australia - Public Order and Riot Squad
Bulgaria - National Gendarmerie Service
France - Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité Escadrons de Gendarmerie Mobile
Germany - Bereitschaftspolizei
Greece - Units for the Reinstatement of Order
India - Rapid Action Force
Ireland - Garda Public Order Unit
Israel - Yasam
Malaysia - Federal Reserve Unit
Romania - Romanian Gendarmerie
Russia - OMON
Spain - Unidad de Intervención Policial
Singapore - Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)
Turkey - Çevik Kuvvet
Ukraine - Berkut (Ukraine)

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 ==Riot gear==
-Riot police often use special equipment termed [[riot gear]] to help protect themselves and attack others. Riot gear typically includes [[personal armor]], [[nightstick|batons]], [[riot shields]] and [[riot helmet]]s. Many riot police teams also deploy specialized [[less-than-lethal]] weapons, such as [[pepper spray]], [[tear gas]], rifles that fire [[rubber bullets]], [[stun grenades]], and [[Long Range Acoustic Device]]s. And smoke grenades and of course this costs a lot of money to buy all this gear.
+Riot police often use special equipment termed [[riot gear]] to help protect themselves and attack others. Riot gear typically includes [[personal armor]], [[nightstick|batons]], [[riot shields]] and [[riot helmet]]s. Many riot police teams also deploy specialized [[less-than-lethal]] weapons, such as [[pepper spray]], [[tear gas]], rifles that fire [[rubber bullets]], [[stun grenades]], and [[Long Range Acoustic Device]]s.
 ==List of riot police organizations==

Revision as of 13:38, 26 November 2013

Riot gear

List of riot police organizations

See also