Is Chicago Ready for NATO/G8 Summit?
Print VersionUpdate: 13 February 2012 / Original Post: 02 February 2012 -- Chicago, IL
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Instructors talked to Anita Padilla and Fox Chicago News about preparing to control crowds and potential rioters through improved team tactics on Friday, February 3. Padilla interviewed Controlled F.O.R.C.E. as part of Fox Chicago's coverage of the city’s preparation for the G8 and NATO summits based on our expertise in providing arrest control and crowd control training to law enforcement, security, and military agencies.
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. has a history of providing supplemental arrest control training to the Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff’s Training Institute, as well as law enforcement, security, and military police agencies throughout Illinois and across the nation. We would like to make it clear, however, that we have not provided, nor have been sought to provide, training to any of these agencies specifically in preparation of the G8 and NATO summits. Our services have been sought by private security to train their personnel in preparation of the summit in order to more safely and effectively protect their clients' assets from potential threats.
The Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Mechanical Advantage Control Holds™ (M.A.C.H.) System of subject control and defensive tactics provides the Arrest Team with a non-violent arrest control option to quickly and decisively remove individual threats before they have a chance to incite greater unrest. Using M.A.C.H. Team Arrest Tactics, no more than three Arrest Team members should be needed to restrain and remove a subject - no matter how hard the subject resists. The M.A.C.H. System allows security members to remove individual threats without using pain compliance or techniques that appear unnecessarily violent, which reduces the chance that others in the crowd will react with violence toward the arrest team.
Crowd management operations must be mindful of the fact that they perform in very public environments where everyone in and around a crowd has picture/video capabilities on their mobile phones. The Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Crowd Management Program offers a “camera friendly” solution to crowd management that is more effective than other use of force options and will reduce personal injury and legal risk for security members and managers.
For more info on Arrest Control and Crowd Management training, contact Controlled F.O.R.C.E. at:
Phone: 630-365-1700
E-mail: info@controlledforce.com
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