群体性事件是指突然发生的特定或不特定多数人聚集在一起,以暴力或非暴力方式,公然对抗国家法律法规,扰乱治安秩序,危害公共安全的紧急事件。群体性事件是我国当前公安工作的重点,具有突发性、群体性、对抗性、不确定性、公开性、危害性等特点。因此,妥善处置群体性事件,采取行之有效的对策,已成为公安机关的重要任务。 Group incident refers to sudden emergent mass incidents where the majority of the specified or non-specific people come together in a violent or non-violent manner, openly confront state laws and regulations, disrupt public order and endanger public safety. Group events are the focus of current public security work in our country. They have the characteristics of suddenness, collectivity, confrontation, uncertainty, openness and harmfulness. Therefore, proper handling of mass incidents and taking effective measures have become an important task of public security organs.