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A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon [ 1 ] by law-enforcement officers , correctional staff , security guards and military personnel .
The espantoon (/ ɛ s ˈ p ə n. t uː n / es-PƏN-tewn) is an ornate straight wooden baton, equipped with a long swiveled leather strap for twirling. It originated in, and is still strongly associated with, the Baltimore Police Department, the police department of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The term is considered ...
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.
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Nightstick or night stick may refer to: Club (weapon), a short staff or stick wielded as a weapon Baton (law enforcement), a compliance tool and defensive weapon used by law-enforcement officers; Nightstick (band), an American sludge metal band from Weymouth, Massachusetts; Nightstick, a 1987 Canadian-American made for television action film
A warrant officer of the Welsh Guards using his pace stick.. A pace stick is a long stick usually carried by warrant officer and non-commissioned officer drill instructors in the British and Commonwealth armed forces as an aid to military drill.
Michael Joseph Foy, 33, threw the pole at police and struck officers with the hockey stick as a mob of rioters fought for control of an entrance to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.