| How Many Law Enforcement Agencies Does It Take to Subdue a Peaceful Protest? |
| Friday, 25 November 2016 09:33 |
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Dresslar writes: "Earlier this month, the Morton County Sheriff's Department briefed the public via Facebook on the scope of law enforcement presence that was helping confront protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock."
How Many Law Enforcement Agencies Does It Take to Subdue a Peaceful Protest?25 November 16
The help was made possible by a bill signed into law by President Bill Clinton about 20 years ago, which created an interstate agreement for emergency management. The agreement helped bring law enforcement agents to North Dakota to the site of protests by the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The protests at Standing Rock, and the Black Lives Matter protests in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, represent some of the only times the compact has been invoked outside of a natural disaster. The ACLU assembled the names of law enforcement agencies below from the Morton County Sheriff’s Department and from media accounts. The Morton County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the cities and counties in North Dakota that sent officers as well as the 10 states that contributed, and where there was a news story about a particular force, we included a hyperlink. Where there was mention of the number of officers deployed, we noted that as a minimum — though more may have been deployed later.  North Dakota: 1. North Dakota Highway Patrol 2. North Dakota National Guard 3. North Dakota Parks & Recreation 4. North Dakota Department of Emergency Services 5. North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Parole and Probation Cities 7. City of Bismarck Police Department 8. Dickinson City 9. City of Fargo Police Department (50 officers) 10. Hazen City 11. Jamestown City 12. City of Mandan Police Department 13. Minot City 14. Steele PD 15. Grand Forks City 16. Williston City 17. Rolla City 18. West Fargo City 19. Wishek City 20. Watford City 21. Grafton City Counties 22. Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department 23. Cass County Sheriff’s Department 24. Pennington County Sheriff's Department (12 officers) 25. Dunn County 26. Emmons County 27. McKenzie County 28. McLean County 29. Mercer County Sheriff’s Department 30. Morton County 31. Stark County 32. Stutsman County 33. Ward County 34. Williams County Sheriff’s Department 35. Grand Forks County 36. Divide County 37. Kidder County 38. Grant County 39. Bowman County 40. Benson County 41. Burke County 42. McIntosh County 43. Barnes County 44. Bottineau County 45. Logan County 46. Trail County Louisiana: 47. St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Department Montana: 48. Montana Highway Patrol (at least 10 officers) Wisconsin: 49. Wisconsin State Patrol (at least 17 officers) 50. Dane County Sheriff’s Department (at least 10 officers) 51. Dane County Special Events Team (at least 3 supervisors) 52. St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department (at least 4 officers) 53. Rock County Sheriff’s Department (at least 5 officers) 54. Marathon County Sheriff’s Department (at least 4 officers) Minnesota: 55. Hennepin County Sheriff's Department (at least 29 personnel) 56. Anoka County Sheriff's Department (at least 6 personnel) 57. Washington County Sheriff's Department (at least 5 personnel) South Dakota: 58. South Dakota Highway Patrol Wyoming: 59. Wyoming Highway Patrol (at least 6 officers) 60. Laramie County Sheriff's Department Nebraska: 61. Nebraska State Patrol (at least 11 officers) Indiana: 62. Lake County Sheriff’s Department 63. Schererville Police Department 65. Griffith Police Department 66. Michigan City Police Department 68. Indiana Department of Natural Resources 69. Marion County Sheriff’s Department 70. Brookville Police Department 71. Porter County 72. LaPorte County 73. Jasper County 74. Newton County Ohio: 75. Ohio State Highway Patrol (at least 37 officers) |
arlier this month, the Morton County Sheriff’s Department briefed the public via Facebook on the scope of law enforcement presence that was helping confront protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock. 