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Protective clothing and equipment worn by police or prison officers in situations of crowd violence.
‘officers in riot gear’
‘Local police and New Jersey State Troopers, dressed in riot gear and armed with automatic weapons, had cordoned off an eighteen-block area in the oldest part of the city where the poorest people lived.’
‘Officers dressed in riot gear, holding stun staffs and personal shields were lined up three deep in front.’
‘They arrived, in full riot gear, 15 minutes later.’
‘Protesters faced armored cars, horses, and police in full riot gear.’
‘More than 1,000 students clashed with police in riot gear, blocking the President's access to the site and forcing him to pull around to a back gate.’
‘Behind me the door crashed open and a police officer in full riot gear came through waving a shotgun, I'd already recognised her from her voice, I put my hands behind my head and stood there.’
‘I was running back and forth trying to find the train and I walked smack dab into a riot where there were police in riot gear beating on this group of about a hundred guys.’
‘Dressed in riot gear and bunched together, they are hugging the wall of a mudbrick house ready to kick in the door.’
‘Just as I was deciding to get out and walk, the protestors upped and left for another intersection, pursued - we saw minutes later - by dozens of police in riot gear.’
‘The deputy will be equipped with riot gear, just in case.’