Protest Policing Reports

This is a collection of reports about protest policing. I have organized them in two collums: The left is by year of publication and the right is by country. Please send me links to additional reports in any language.

Year of Publication

2014

"On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson." Amnesty International. October 2014. 


2013

"Take back the streets" Repression and criminalization of protest around the world. International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations. October 2013

Recommendations for policing political manifestations in Europe. Swedish National Police. May 2013.

Developments in the Policing of National Special Security Events: An Analysis of the 2012 RNC and DNC. National Lawyers Guild. January 2013.

2012

Special Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department: Review of the Frazier Group, LLC’s Independent Investigation of October 25, 2011 Occupy Oakland Response. Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department. October 2012.

Analysis of the Policing of the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 2012. Alex S. Vitale. August 2012.

Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street. Protest and Assembly Rights Project. August 2012.

Policing the Right to Protest: G20 Systematic Review Report.  Office of the Independent Review Director. Toronto. May 2012.

Report on November 9, 2011. Committee of U.C. Berkeley Police Review Board. May 2012.

2011

G20 Summit. Toronto, Ontario. June 2010. Toronto Police Service After-Action Review. Toronto Police Service. June 2011.

Policing Public Order. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. February 2011.

An Analysis of Protest Policing by the Korean National Police during the G20 Summit in November 2010. January 2011.

2010

Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Second Edition. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. October 2010.

2009

Adapting to Protest. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. July 2009

Policing of the G20 Protests. House of Commons, Home Affairs Committee. June 2009.

2005

Rights and Wrongs at the RNC: A Special Report about Police and Protest at the Republican National Convention.
New York Civil Liberties Union. August, 2005.

2004

The IPCC’s report on policing of the 2004 pro-hunting demonstration in Parliament Square. Independent Police Complaints Committee. 2004.

2003

Arresting Protest: A Special Report of the New York Civil
Liberties Union.
New York Civil Liberties Union. April, 2003

Nigeria: Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Expression. Human Rights Watch. December, 2003

Country

International

"Take back the streets" Repression and criminalization of protest around the world. International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations. October 2013

Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Second Edition. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. October 2010.

Canada

Policing the Right to Protest:G20 Systematic Review Report.  Office of the Independent Review Director. Toronto. May 2012


G20 Summit. Toronto, Ontario. June 2010. Toronto Police Service After-Action Review. Toronto Police Service. June 2011.

Europe

Recommendations for policing political manifestations in Europe. Swedish National Police. May 2013.

Nigeria

Nigeria: Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Expression. Human Rights Watch. December, 2003

South Korea

An Analysis of Protest Policing by the Korean National Police during the G20 Summit in November 2010. January 2011.

United Kingdom

Policing Public Order. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. February 2011.

Adapting to Protest. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. July 2009

Policing of the G20 Protests. House of Commons, Home Affairs Committee. June 2009.

The IPCC’s report on policing of the 2004 pro-hunting demonstration in Parliament Square. Independent Police Complaints Committee. 2004.

United States

"On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson." Amnesty International. October 2014. 

Developments in the Policing of National Special Security Events: An Analysis of the 2012 RNC and DNC. National Lawyers Guild. January 2013.

Special Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department: Review of the Frazier Group, LLC’s Independent Investigation of October 25, 2011 Occupy Oakland Response. Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department. October 2012.

Analysis of the Policing of the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 2012. Alex S. Vitale. August 2012. 

Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street. Protest and Assembly Rights Project. August 2012

Rights and Wrongs at the RNC: A Special Report about Police and Protest at the Republican National Convention.
New York Civil Liberties Union. August, 2005.

Arresting Protest: A Special Report of the New York Civil
Liberties Union.
New York Civil Liberties Union. April, 2003