Public Order Manual — -poman 1971-

The POMAN 1971 was born out of a necessity to modernize. It represented a shift from "riot control" as a physical struggle to "public order" as a strategic science. It was an attempt to codify the lessons learned from the bloodshed of the previous decade.

Original physical copies of the are rare. Most were classified "Restricted" and later destroyed. However, archival researchers can find near-equivalents at: public order manual -poman 1971-