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[[File:Georgia_Mobile_Field_Force.jpg|thumb|right|An element of the [[Georgia State Patrol]] Mobile Field Force pictured in 2016]]
A '''Mobile Field Force''', within the context of [[United States]] law enforcement, is a large element of [[police officer]]s specially organized to support [[anti-riot]] operations by dispersing crowds during their embryonic phase or extracting agitators and leaders from larger groups. The Mobile Field Force concept was created by the [[Miami-Dade Police Department]] in the 1980s.
==History==
The Mobile Field Force concept originated with the Miami-Dade Police Department in the 1980s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Use of the Mobile Field Force concept gained popularity among police departments due to the realization that old riot control tactics involving large echelons of police recapturing entire streets from protesters only served to move the unrest from one area to the next. By contrast, the Mobile Field Force is a smaller group of police which identifies agitators and leaders of the crowd and targets them for extraction from the main group, or confronts and disperses a crowd during its embryonic phase.<ref></ref>
==Role and organization==
The Mobile Field Force (MFF) is either a dedicated group of law enforcement officers, or a group of law enforcement officers with non-MFF duties who can be rapidly mobilized into the Mobile Field Force in anticipation of an exigent event. Its primary responsibility is to operate in support of an agency's regular police during periods of civil unrest by disrupting and dispersing crowds that are in the process of forming, or identifying and arresting leaders of crowds that have already formed. In addition, the Mobile Field Force can be used for protection of large crime scenes, saturation patrols in high-crime neighborhoods, or to provide security at critical infrastructure during periods of heightened threat; for instance, in [[Illinois]], the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) Mobile Field Forces prepare to defend [[Strategic National Stockpile]] distribution sites during a [[pandemic]].<ref></ref><ref name="fema"/><ref></ref><ref></ref>
Mobile Field Forces typically have between 27 and 57 personnel and are organized to be self-sufficient for periods of up to 72 hours.<ref name="fema"></ref>
==See also==
* [[Bereitschaftspolizei]]
* [[Territorial Support Group]]
* [[Units for the Reinstatement of Order]]
==References==
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaox1Vc91Y Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) Mobile Field Force video]
[[Category:Law enforcement techniques]]
[[Category:Law enforcement in the United States]]
A '''Mobile Field Force''', within the context of [[United States]] law enforcement, is a large element of [[police officer]]s specially organized to support [[anti-riot]] operations by dispersing crowds during their embryonic phase or extracting agitators and leaders from larger groups. The Mobile Field Force concept was created by the [[Miami-Dade Police Department]] in the 1980s.
==History==
The Mobile Field Force concept originated with the Miami-Dade Police Department in the 1980s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Use of the Mobile Field Force concept gained popularity among police departments due to the realization that old riot control tactics involving large echelons of police recapturing entire streets from protesters only served to move the unrest from one area to the next. By contrast, the Mobile Field Force is a smaller group of police which identifies agitators and leaders of the crowd and targets them for extraction from the main group, or confronts and disperses a crowd during its embryonic phase.<ref></ref>
==Role and organization==
The Mobile Field Force (MFF) is either a dedicated group of law enforcement officers, or a group of law enforcement officers with non-MFF duties who can be rapidly mobilized into the Mobile Field Force in anticipation of an exigent event. Its primary responsibility is to operate in support of an agency's regular police during periods of civil unrest by disrupting and dispersing crowds that are in the process of forming, or identifying and arresting leaders of crowds that have already formed. In addition, the Mobile Field Force can be used for protection of large crime scenes, saturation patrols in high-crime neighborhoods, or to provide security at critical infrastructure during periods of heightened threat; for instance, in [[Illinois]], the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) Mobile Field Forces prepare to defend [[Strategic National Stockpile]] distribution sites during a [[pandemic]].<ref></ref><ref name="fema"/><ref></ref><ref></ref>
Mobile Field Forces typically have between 27 and 57 personnel and are organized to be self-sufficient for periods of up to 72 hours.<ref name="fema"></ref>
==See also==
* [[Bereitschaftspolizei]]
* [[Territorial Support Group]]
* [[Units for the Reinstatement of Order]]
==References==
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaox1Vc91Y Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) Mobile Field Force video]
[[Category:Law enforcement techniques]]
[[Category:Law enforcement in the United States]]
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