Policing of Public Order

Most of this issue focuses upon the policing of public order,a police function performed universally, and yet strangely setapart from ‘normal’ policing. In some jurisdictions,it is the special role of dedicated anti-riot squads, but whetheror not it is performed by specialists or generalist officers,public order feels like a different type of policing. The obvious reasons for this is that most policing is a moreor less solitary activity, in which officers encounter membersof the public as individuals, whereas public order policinginvolves the