2.2.2. water, electricity and telecommunication service providers 2.2.3. intelligence agencies 2.2.4. other relevant agencies 2.3.Information sharing: 2.3.1. to ensure that responses can be taken as soon as possible and practicable to disperse the unlawful assembly; 2.3.2. information regarding and associated with the protest must be obtained from multiple information sources to decide on the best Security Plan suited to the circumstances of the protest; and 2.3.3. the information thus collected by the police should be disseminated throughout the police force and shared with the commanding officers of the tri-forces as far as possible and practical. 2.3.4. Intelligence should be gathered through the analysis of information thus collected, in order to formulate a Security Plan unique to the circumstances of the protest. 3. Procuring and preparing necessary equipment 3.1.Equipment involved in benign crowd control methods, non-lethal weapons (e.g., water cannons, tear gas canisters), and lethal weapons should be readied for crowd control of an unlawful assembly. 3.1.1. Weapons in law enforcement shall be designed and produced to meet legitimate law enforcement objectives and to comply with international human rights law, as per the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ‘Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law enforcement’. 3.1.2. To that end, weapons and equipment should also be subject to independent testing by the Government Analysts Department and health authorities if necessary. (e,g, particularly the chemical composition of tear gas) 32

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