Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Use of such flashlights as a club or baton is generally officially discouraged by the manufacturers and law enforcement officials, but its use is an option. As with all police weapons, there have been many examples of misuse, such as in the Malice Green beating in Detroit. The use of flashlights as improvised impact weapons is subject to the ...
A pair of tonfa A pair of tonfa with a rounded body throughout.. The tonfa (Okinawan: トンファー tonfā, Chinese: 柺; pinyin: guǎi lit. old man's staff / "crutch", also spelled as tongfa or tuifa, also known as T-baton [1]) is a melee weapon with its origins in the armed component of Okinawan martial arts where it is known as the tunkua.
The tonfa is more readily recognized by its modern development in the form of the side-handle police baton, but many traditional tonfa techniques differ from side-handle baton techniques. For example, tonfa are often used in pairs, while side-handle batons generally are not.
French, lit. "salad basket", slang for a police van (cf. fourgon de police). Parak Slang term used for policemen in the Philippines. Paw Patrol Slang term for K-9 units or Dog Units in the UK. Party Van Russian, a police car or van, especially one housing an entire squad and sent out to perform a search-and-seizure and/or an arrest at a ...
A police baton is no tonfa, tonfa is made of wood and is slightly different in build (thicker at bottom), also not sure whether a police baton is equally large. the tonfa-inspired police baton is adequately covered in Baton_(law_enforcement)#Side-handle_baton - there's a link in the body of the tonfa article RayBarker 01:46, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Nov. 24—While discussing auto theft numbers earlier this month, the Albuquerque Police Department touted a new crime-fighting tool: the Grappler Police Bumper, a device used to stop fleeing ...
The police authority report that normally police will threaten to use their weapon but do not discharge it; this happens about 200 times per year. In a typical year the police shoot 20 warning shots aimed at people or vehicles. [43] An investigation reviewing the use of weapons by police details the firearm use from 2003 to 2014. [44]
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved an agreement on Monday with the federal government to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies in response to the 2020 police ...