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RIOT CONTROL AGENT INFORMATION SERIES

NCJ Number
3145
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1969
Length
27 pages
Annotation
FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEMICAL AGENTS EMPLOYED BY THE POLICE AND TACTICAL OBJECTIVES FOR WHICH SUCH AGENTS ARE APPROPRIATE.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE METEOROLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS, MUNITION CHARACTERISTICS, AND TARGET NATURE. THE FOLLOWING TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED - LARGE GROUPS, SMALL GROUPS, SNIPERS AND BARRICADED CRIMINALS, LOOTING DETERRENCE, AND SIT-IN DEMONSTRATIONS.