CASE STUDIES 45 Box 6.1 Article 31 of the Armenian Law on Police (Annex) Situation: Repelling an attack made upon citizens and a police officer Applicable special means: Rubber baton, tear-gas and irritating gas, smokescreen, cartridges with rubber bullets, sound-and-flesh [sic] means for distracting attention, water canons and armored vehicles, stun-guns, spark arrester, sniff dogs [sic] Situation: Overcoming disobedience or preventing resistance to a police officer or persons assisting the ensuring of the public order and combat against crimes and performing their public or official duties Applicable special means: Rubber button, tear-gas, irritating gas, smokescreen, cartridges with rubber bullets, sound-and-flesh [sic] means for distracting attention, means for removing obstructions, water canons and armored vehicles, stun-guns, spark arrester, sniff dogs [sic] Situation: Seizing persons caught at the moment of committing an offence and attempting to escape Applicable special means: Handcuffs, stun guns, spark arrester, sniff dogs [sic] Situation: When there are sufficient grounds to presume that a particular person or persons are preparing to put up armed resistance Applicable special means: Tear-gas, irritating gas, smokescreen, cartridges with rubber bullets, sound-and-flesh [sic] means for distracting attention, means for removing obstructions, water canons and armored vehicles, stun-guns, spark arrester, sniff dog [sic] Situation: Forcibly bringing to the Police or other official buildings persons caught for an offence or refusing to introduce their person or introducing obviously false data, transporting arrested and detained persons, including persons in administrative custody, or while guarding the latter if their conduct gives reason to suppose that they may escape, harm themselves or the surroundings, display disobedience or put resistance to police officers Applicable special means: Handcuffs, sniff dogs [sic] Situation: Releasing the kidnapped persons, persons deprived of freedom and held illegally, captured apartments, constructions, areas and vehicles Applicable special means: Tear-gas and irritating gas, smokescreen, cartridges with rubber bullets, sound-and-flesh [sic] means for distracting attention, means for removing obstructions, water canons and armored vehicles, sniff dogs [sic] Situation: Preventing mass riots and illegitimate group acts dissolving the work of the transport, communications and other organizations Applicable special means: Rubber baton, tear-gas and irritating gas, smokescreen, cartridges with rubber bullets, sound-and-flash means for distracting attention, means for removing obstructions, means for compulsory stopping (blocking) people and