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Stages of Civil Disturbance and Police Responses

(1) The police response to civil disturbances is determined by five stages: planning, initial peaceful, breach of peace, violent, and post-operation. (2) During the initial peaceful stage, police monitor permitted assemblies from a distance and try to negotiate the dispersal of unpermitted ones. (3) If violence breaks out, police may use water cannons, riot sticks, and other means to disperse crowds while avoiding arrests unless laws are violated.

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Stages of Civil Disturbance and Police Responses

(1) The police response to civil disturbances is determined by five stages: planning, initial peaceful, breach of peace, violent, and post-operation. (2) During the initial peaceful stage, police monitor permitted assemblies from a distance and try to negotiate the dispersal of unpermitted ones. (3) If violence breaks out, police may use water cannons, riot sticks, and other means to disperse crowds while avoiding arrests unless laws are violated.

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STAGES OF CIVIL

DISTURBANCE AND
POLICE RESPONSES
Police Responses
-the police responses are determined as to the following stages:

1. During Planning Stage


2. During Initial and Peaceful Stage

3. During Breach of Peace/Confrontational Stage


(With or without permit)

4. During Violent Stage


5. Post-Operation Stage
1. During Planning Stage

a. Initiate dialogue with the leaders/organizers to ensure the


peaceful holding of a public assembly, including among
others, the detail of police personnel providing security in the
area.

b. Prepare appropriate security and CDM contingency


plans.
2. During Initial and Peaceful Stage
a. With Permit or Held in Freedom Parks/ Private Properties

1. The PNP shall not interfere with the holding of a public


assembly. However, to adequately ensure public safety, a
CDM contingent, under the control and supervision of a PCO
shall be stationed at least 100 meters away from the area
where the public assembly is being held.

2. Monitor the activities at the public assembly area and


respond to any request for police assistance.
2. During Initial and Peaceful Stage
b. Without Permit or Permit has been revoked

1. As soon as it becomes apparent that an assembly is being held in a


public place, the Ground Commander shall immediately conduct an
inquiry whether the assembly is covered with a permit or not. If a permit
could not be shown, verification should immediately be done with the
Office of the Mayor having jurisdiction over the place where the public
assembly is being held. Should the Office of the Mayor confirm that a
permit has not been issued; the leaders/organizers shall be informed of
the fact that they are violating the law and will be asked to disperse
peacefully.
2. During Initial and Peaceful Stage

2. The PNP shall exhaust all peaceful remedies to persuade the


demonstrators to disperse. This may include the involvement of Local Chief
Executives (LCE)/community leaders when available to intervene in the
situation so that dispersal operations could be avoided.

3. Should negotiation fail and the demonstrators refuse to disperse


voluntarily and peacefully, thereby causing public inconvenience, CDM
contingents may commence dispersal operations after the CDM commander
announced the violations of law they have committed. Such announcement
of the violations must be made at least three times.
3. During Breach of Peace/Confrontational
Stage (With or without permit)
-No public assembly with a permit shall be dispersed. However, when
a public assembly becomes violent, the CDM contingents may
disperse such public assembly in the following manner:

a. At the first sign of an impending violence, the Ground Commander shall


call the attention of the leaders/organizers of the public assembly and ask
the latter to prevent any possible disturbance. CDM contingents shall hold
the line to prevent demonstrators from proceeding to other areas where the
holding of a public assembly is prohibited.

b. If actual violence reaches a point where rocks or other harmful objects


from the participants are thrown at the CDM contingents or the non-
participants, or at any property causing damage to it, the Ground
Commander shall audibly warn the participants that if the disturbance
persists, the public assembly will be dispersed;
3. During Breach of Peace/Confrontational
Stage (With or without permit)

c. If the violence or disturbance does not stop, the Ground Commander


shall audibly issue a warning to the participants of the public assembly, and
after allowing a reasonable period of time to lapse, shall immediately order it
to disperse. With the use of CDM formations, the rank of demonstrators shall
be disbanded, contained, and isolated from each other, and should be
prevented from regrouping.

d. Water cannons and riot sticks may be used to repel aggression and to
disperse demonstrators and reserve CDM contingents may be employed
when situation requires.

e. No arrest of any leader, organizer or participant shall be made unless


he/she violates a law, statute, or ordinance during the assembly.
4. During Violent Stage

a. Non-lethal weapons and equipment may be used to


suppress violence, to protect lives and prevent further
damage to properties.

b. PNP security elements shall be tactically deployed to


provide immediate assistance to the CDM contingents.
5. Post-Operation Stage

a. CDM contingents shall be withdrawn after the area has


been cleared of possible danger to public safety.

b. Sufficient police force shall be maintained to ensure


peace and order in the area.
THANK YOU!!!
by: OPRECIO ALFREDO
PAGON JANELLA MAE
PARDO MARRY CRIS
PASAG VENUS
PATACSIL ALIPIO JR.

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