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Coordinated Response to Sideshow or Intersection Takeovers


This course is taught in-person at your agency privately to your aircrew members or as a regional event. Our goal is to teach in a “workshop” environment in which the students are encouraged to discuss topics, ask questions and debate fundamentals. As opposed to traditional boring “podium instructing” and “death by powerpoint”, our courses are informative and engaging which leads to better knowledge retention and learning buy-in. Students will debrief incidents by viewing actual mission videos.


Sideshow Enforcement Course Curriculum (Including but not limited to):


The History of Sideshows

  • An introductory history to sideshows, the dangers they pose to Law Enforcement and the history of past attempts at enforcement

  • Case studies of past failures and failed policy when dealing with sideshows

Achieving Organizational Cooperation

  • Working with command staff, field commanders/supervisors and Officers to ensure proper acceptance and utilization of the enforcement tactics

  • Working with district attorneys from evidence collection to assigning a dedicated D.A. to sideshows

  • Working with city attorneys to develop municipal codes, spectator ordinances and assisting with civil actions

  • Agency specific PR and garnering public support

Infiltration and Intel Gathering

  • Understanding how sideshow participants utilize social media

  • Using social media for intelligence gathering and enforcement purposes

Training your Organization

  • How to roll out organization-wide training

    • Training Commanders v.s. line Officers

    • Defining roles

    • Linking with outside agencies

Sideshow Enforcement Tactics

  • The Push

    • Define what “The Push” is and when it is best utilized

    • Flight Profile

    • Identifying appropriate resources

    • Proper location identification

  • Box-In

    • Define what the “Box In” is and when it is best utilized

    • Flight Profile

    • Identifying appropriate resources

    • Proper location identification

      • Staging location identification

    • Stopping vehicle leaks

    • Legal considerations

    • Officer safety considerations

  • Drone Usage

    • Utilizing drones for sideshow enforcement

    • Pros and cons of drone usage during sideshow enforcement

      • Location considerations

      • Officer safety issues

  • Processing and enforcement of a contained sideshow

    • Safe decompression of sideshow

    • Additional resources

    • Citation process

    • Managing armed/assaultive suspects

    • TFO report writing

    • Documentation for seizures/civil penalties

  • Supervisor responsibilities

    • Resource management

    • Understanding the “compass points”

    • Radio discipline

Other Considerations

  • On-viewing priority crimes during a sideshow

  • Changing Gears

  • Crowd Control Dynamics

  • Dealing with laser strikes

  • Shooting at aircraft

Host Department Case Study/Operations Plan

  • Group project for students to develop sideshow response to location frequented by sideshow participations in their jurisdiction