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COURSE OVERVIEW   The course includes both classroom lecture and hands-on application. The course covers planning, preparedness, staging and deployment of a crowd management force, with an emphasis on modern mobile field force and chemical agent deployment tactics, including some drills with inert less lethal munitions. Students will learn not only stateof-the-art deployment tactics but instructional techniques, as well. Throughout the course, real-world incidents will be reviewed and students will determine what went well and what didn’t. TOPICS COVERED:   • History of Riot/Protest Behavior • Crowds and Demonstrator Tactics • Intelligence Gathering • Planning • Crisis Decision-Making • Conflict...