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NCJ Number:	39414

Title:	POLICING SPECTACLES - COOPERATION, COORDINATION, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Journal:	FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN Volume:46 Issue:2 Dated:(FEBRUARY 1977) Pages:3-8

Author(s):	J D SWIFT

Corporate Author:	Federal Bureau of Investigation US Dept of Justice United States of America

Date Published:	1977

Page Count:	6

Sponsoring Agency:	Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, DC 20535-0001

Publisher:	https://www.fbi.gov

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	ARTICLE FOCUSES ON PROBLEMS OF SPECTATOR UNRULINESS AND HOW SUCH SITUATIONS ARE HANDLED.

Abstract:	EACH YEAR TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FLOCK TO SPECTATOR SPORTS SUCH AS FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, HOCKEY, AND SOCCER GAMES. THE GROWTH OF THESE SPORTS HAS CREATED PROBLEMS IN POLICING THEM, AS MORE AND MORE FANS HAVE ASSUMED ASPECTS OF THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURS ON THE PLAYING FIELD. AT SOME SPORTS COMPLEXES IN THE SUBURBS, LOCAL POLICE FORCES HAVE BEEN STRAINED AND HAVE REQUIRED OUTSIDE AID. PRIVATE SECURITY PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN HIRED IN MOST INSTANCES, ALLOWING POLICE TO STAY OUTSIDE UNLESS EMERGENCIES DEVELOP. FOR SMOOTH AND EFFECTIVE SAFEGUARDS, THE AUTHOR CONTENDS, POLICE AND PRIVATE SECURITY COORDINATION AND COOPERATION ARE ESSENTIAL....BS

Index Term(s):	Crowd behavior; Crowd control; Patrol; Private police



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