But once the police were called in, the family could no longer control the situation.

Why you have to move slowly, think ahead, control the situation?

"Putting people in the street makes it difficult to control the situation."

In the night, 150 police officers had to be sent to control the situation.

If crime is getting out of hand and the police cannot control the situation, send in the army.

The police force was simply not in a position to control the situation.

The authorities are no longer able to control the situation.

And yet, as you can see last night, they're going to try to control the situation, too.

The committee, however, was not able to control the situation.

About 1000 police officers were on the scene to control the situation.