CHICOPEE — The Police Department has been given the approval to upgrade equipment for several specialized units including a relatively new one trained to handle large, aggressive crowds. The police ...

A group of inmates briefly took control of the intake unit on Rikers Island Tuesday after breaking into a captain’s closet and stealing riot gear amid a tumultuous 24 hours at the notorious jail, The ...

A newly revealed Pentagon directive instructs every state to train riot-control units within their National Guards—raising questions about federal overreach and the growing militarization of domestic ...

FOR long hours last week, Detroit’s police hung back from the Twelfth Street riot area. Apparently, one resident quipped, they were hoping that “if they left, the crowd would leave too.” But if there ...

The National Guard has begun setting up "quick-reaction" riot police forces in all the states, reports the Wall Street ...

A Pentagon internal memo, made public in several news reports Wednesday and Thursday, sets a January 1 deadline for the establishment of “quick reaction” forces of about 500 National Guard soldiers in ...

Israel Weapon Industries – a member of the SK Group and a manufacturer of combat-proven small arms for military forces, police units, law enforcement agencies, and government entities – has expanded ...

The National Guard is building a “quick reaction force” (QRF) of some 23,500 troops trained in crowd control and civil ...