Usually means: Law enforcement for crowd control.
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  1. riot police: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. riot police, the riot police: Collins English Dictionary
  3. riot-police: Wordnik
  4. riot police: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. riot police: Wiktionary
  6. Riot police: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. riot police: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. riot police: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (riot police)

noun:  A unit of the police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds. They use special equipment for personal defense as well as for crowd control and dispersal.

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