How do police, entrusted with crowd control, make their split-second decisions in the face of a violent rioting mob? Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Patrol Lieutenant Steve Riback shares some of the behind-the scenes training protocol and other tools to keep the fear away and his colleagues
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How do police, entrusted with crowd control, make their split-second decisions in the face of a violent rioting mob? Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Patrol Lieutenant Steve Riback, a 23-year veteran of the force, currently in charge of the “graveyard shift” at the Summerlin Area Command, knows first-hand. This Orthodox Jewish officer, known as “The Kosher Cop” and author of the book My Journey Home, had his own tragic experience with violent rioters this past June, while trying to ensure that the Black Lives Matter protest over the death of George Floyd within the Las Vegas tourist corridor remain peaceful. It was then th