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Straight batons of rubber have a softer impact. Some of the kinetic energy bends and compresses the rubber and bounces off when the object is struck. Rubber batons are not very effective when used on the subject's arms or legs, and can still cause injury if the head is struck. That is why most police departments have stopped issuing them.
Police forces and their predecessors have traditionally favored the use, whenever possible, of less lethal weapons than guns or blades. Until recent times, when alternatives such as tasers and capsicum spray became available, this category of policing weapon has generally been filled by some form of wooden club variously termed a truncheon, baton, nightstick, or lathi.
Heckler & Koch HK69A1 L104A1/A2 37mm riot gun for baton rounds (used by Metropolitan Police, [85] [7] Kent Police, [35] South Wales Police, [86] Dyfed–Powys Police, [33] Hampshire and Thames Valley Police Armed Response, [52] Lancashire Constabulary, [87] Northumbria Police, [12] and Essex Police; [17] used with attenuating energy projectile ...
Tallahassee’s citizen led Police Review Board recommended that officers only use their batons to overcome “aggressive resistance,” a suggestion born out of its review of the DUI arrest of a ...
Videos posted to social media that have been widely shared show an officer striking people with a baton during the altercation. Video shows New Jersey police using batons, pepper spray to break up ...
In general, these have taken their lead from the Metropolitan Police Service, due to it being recognised as the first Home Office police service in England. The base colour is a very dark blue, almost indistinguishable from black (and recently often is black), which earned the police the nickname of the "boys in blue".
Baton rounds can cause blindness as shown by their use by police in the 2019-2020 Chilean protests. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] During the first 3–4 months of protests in Chile, rubber bullets contributed to have a toll of 427 persons with eye injuries, [ 10 ] an extremely high number when comparing to other protests or conflict zones in the world.
Ivy took off, and police tackled and shocked him with a stun gun, belted him with batons and held him facedown. Each man was unarmed. Each was not a threat to public safety.