An examination of the contemporary issues around the deployment and use of enhanced policing tactical options in public disorder

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This research examines the contemporary issues around the use of enhanced tactical options: Firearms, Baton Rounds (AEPs), Water Cannon and CS Smoke in the policing of public disorder. It critically assesses the potential issues arising from the use of these tactics on the streets of London. The research examines historical evidence of the impact on the policing of disorder of police use of firearms and other degrees of force, considers perspectives of police public order commanders with regard to these tactics and assesses whether such use may constitute a viable tactic as an acceptable use of force in certain circumstances. It considers common themes between historical evidence and commanders perspectives and wider implications of police use of force in public disorder situations.
\nThe research concludes that international examples demonstrate the damage done to police/community relations by any perceived excessive use of force; the dangers of escalating violence prevailing wher

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