- This event has passed.
The Law of Mass Protests CLASS IS CANCELLED !!!!!!
November 20, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Instructor: Andrew Tallmer CLASS IS CANCELLED !!!!!!
- Date: November 20, 2020
- Time: 8 am – 5 pm
- Location: RCCC-N, Building 500, Room 621 (Teaching auditorium)
This course will examine the legal and operational issues confronted by law enforcement officers when dealing with protests and counter-protests.
Course Objectives:
- At the end of the course, attendees will be able to identify the legal issues surrounding demonstrations.
- Attendees will be able to implement operational strategies to ensure that the legal rights of demonstrators, counter-demonstrators, and third parties are protected.
Course Topics:
- Crowd and traffic management
- First Amendment free speech and right to assembly issues
- Fourth Amendment search and seizure law pertaining to mass protests
- Parade permits
- Mutual aid agreements
- Preparation, planning, and training
- Command and control
- Barriers
- Mass arrests
- Law enforcement community caretaking function
- Review of police response in Charlottesville, Ferguson, and other major riots
- The “Occupy” and Antifa movements
- Federal and State case law and statutes relevant to mass protests
Course Methodology:
Lecture, group discussion, practical exercises, videos
If you have any questions, please email us at LETrain@rccc.edu.