Civil disturbances control

Ballantyne, B., Riot control agents in military operations, civil disturbance control, and potential terrorist activities, with particular reference to peripheral chemosensory irritants, in Chemical Warfare Agents Toxicology and Treatment, Second Edition, Marrs, T.C., Maynard, R.L., and SideU, F.R., Eds., John Wiley Sons, Chichester, 2006a, pp. 543-612. 

RIOT CONTROL AGENTS IN MILITARY OPERATIONS, CIVIL DISTURBANCE CONTROL AND POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PERIPHERAL CHEMOSENSORY IRRITANTS... 

B. Ballantyne, Riot Control Agents in Military Operations, Civil Disturbance Control and Potential Terrorist Activities, with Particular Reference to Peripheral Chemosensory Irritants, Chemical Warfare Agents, Toxicology and Treatment, ed. T. C. Marrs, R. L. Maynard and F. R Sidell, 2nd edn, Wiley, Chichester, 2007, ch. 26, pp. 543-612. 

Develop, publish, and maintain supporting emergency plans in accordance with AMC guidance and the ARMCOM Civil Disturbance, Force Mobilization, War Emergency, and Disaster Control Plans... 

Ballantyne, B. 1977. Riot control agents. Biomedical and health aspects of the use of chemicals In civil disturbances. IN Scott, R.B., and Frazer, J., eds. Medical Annual 1977. Bristol, England John Wright. 1977. p. 7-41. 

Ballantyne, B. (1977a). Riot control agents - biomedical and health aspects of the use of chemicals in civil disturbances. In Medical Annual (R.B. Scott, J. Frazer, eds.), pp. 7-41. Wright and Sons, Bristol, UK. 

Full-Scale Civil Disturbances. In the control of full-scale riots (e.g., for politically motivated reasons) or clashes between rival groups (e.g., at sporting events, a variety of procedures may be used for dispersion and control purposes). These include truncheons, nightsticks, projectiles (e.g., bean bags, plastic bullets), water cannon, PCSIs dispersed as pyrotechnically generated smokes or in liquid spray devices. 

As noted above, the Committee of Enquiry into the use of CS in Northern Ireland recommended that chemical agents intended for use in the control of a civil disturbance should be assessed from the viewpoint more of a medicinal drug than that of a military weapon (HMSO, 1969,1971). However, in reaching this conclusion the Committee did make the distinction that with new drugs there is a need for a balanced risk-benefit analysis and these are purely professional medical considerations. However, with a chemical intended for use against humans for peacekeeping purposes, while many of the hazard and risk assessments are of a medical nature, additional other questions may arise which are concerned with social policy and there may also be... 

Lacrimatory and irritant compounds, with a history dating from World War I, have been used in riot-control and civil disturbances, military exercises and training, and as chemical warfare agents. A listing of these chemicals and their use application is... 

Of all the compounds discussed in this book, riot control agents are perhaps the most scrutinized by the public. In civilian life, law enforcement agencies use riot control agents in civil disturbances, riots, or to avoid using deadly force. The military commonly uses them in training. The symptoms described below, therefore, will be familiar to most military personnel. 

Riot control agents gained some notoriety when they were used in civil disturbances in Paris, France, in 1968 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in... 

Riot control agents are intended to harass or to cause temporary incapacitation. Their intended target might be the foe in an armed conflict—with the limitations outlined above—or rioters in a civil disturbance. 

Procedure UWNR 153 details responses to riot, civil disturbance, bomb threat, or unauthorized intrusion into the secured area. Operator action is to shut down and secure the reactor and then notify a senior operator and Police and Security. Police and Security personnel then control the event with technical advice from operating personnel. 

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