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The shafts are usually made of steel, but lightweight baton models may have their shafts made from other materials such as aluminum alloy. Expandable batons may have a solid tip at the outer end of the innermost shaft; the purpose of the solid tip is to maximize the power of a strike when the baton is used as an impact weapon.
ASP manufactures telescopic batons. [1] ASP batons have been adopted by law enforcement agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, and expandable batons are sometimes referred to as "Asps". ASP batons are friction-lock in design, and are opened by swinging the handle forcibly through the air.
Monadnock manufactures several types of police baton, including traditional straight batons, long riot sticks, side-handle nightsticks including the PR-24, and both friction-locking and mechanically locking telescoping batons.
The types of batons show would be strictly illegal everywhere I am aware of with the exception of the expandable baton; By law they must be a UNIFORM diameter, that is the same diameter from the grip to the tip (there’s some play from the grip down, but not much).
While conducting their duties, investigators would normally carry the standard Saflok MKIV handcuffs and ASP expandable baton issued to all ADF service police for operational use. While wearing business attire, this equipment would generally be carried in leather 'detective-styled' pouches that would attach directly to their pant belt.
The Kubotan keychain was originally based on a small bamboo weapon called a "hashi stick", an invention by Kubota's father, Denjiro. Its popularity grew from 1969 to the 1970s when Kubota, at the request of California State Senator Edward M. Davis, the former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, created the weapon and began training female officers in its application.
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