• A DRAMATIC stepping-up of policing tactics to deal with the youth 'riots' cities projected for this summer has been revealed by the Sunday Times of 28 March. These plans include: • 10 per cent of every police force in the country to get specialised riot training comprising new offensive tactics learned in America, Kong, the North of Ireland and the continent.
• The use of 'snatch squads' organised militarily special equipment whose aim is to pick off leaders.
on the appointment of Sir Kenneth Newman, Roval bister (ondabularv. as don don's police chicl this government intends to make to social Earlier the week Ken 120110 leader the Greater London Council, spoke ou against the appomment of Newman 'His experience is more sunted to the control of a paramlitar! force in a city tom by civil war, than with a parliamentary democracy.
In his opinion street crime is to tackle the causes. high unemplotment.
education and rather than armine the Heurged that 'we redouble our erforts for democraticall! table police force in London'.
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would representatives he chosen? Would they really he accoun The police chiet of Cireater ManJames Anderton is explicitly calling for the removal of 'political despite their The Manchester Police Commit tee has nor been able to tie his hands Side rebellions of Laurence Anderton's record calls our for his the local/black and labour movement.
Newman should he blocked from becoming London's must say 'enough enough. Labour must counter-attack in defence of the black minority. the youth. the unemployed. who will be the first victims of direct Tory represNo co-operation with the police. Anderton and Newman must go Police cordon The snatch squads consist of four five-man teams commanded by an inspector and two sergeants, using two reinvorced transit vans as equipped with riot shields. The officers wear NATO-stvle helmets inree omicers at the front of the squad interlock their shields protecting the two 'snatEscape route for rioters chers' behind.
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Rioting crowd Short defensive police line sanding behind riot shields 3 Police support unit in Transit van • Five man snatch squad with medic and fire fighter Two officers snatch rioter from crowd, return to van Van proceeds to prisoner reception area Once the target is identified a command is the shields part, the snatchers go forward, grab their victim and retreat quickly to their van which moves to a special prisoner reception area. Polaroid cameras are used to photograph each
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