riot control operation

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riot control operation - the measures taken to control a riot

control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"

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The scenarios were mentally and physically challenging; the platoon learned how to handle uncooperative inmates during unarmed self-defense situations, forced cell extractions, and riot control operations.

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And they have repeatedly protested against the building of a new mosque in Dudley, in the Black Country, costing cops an estimated pounds 2 million in riot control operations.