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Originally Posted by mac9
The stick that police carry (often called a billy club) is a baton.
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One of the first importers of expandable police batons was ASP (Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.) and for years we did not refer to them as batons, but as ASPs.
In the police Use Of Force Matrix they are considered to be
deadly force. In our training, and as a matter of policy, where I served as a deputy sheriff we were forbidden to ever strike someone in the head with a baton.
The primary targets were the knee, causing the opponent to fall, the elbow, disabling the arm, or the collarbone. A broken collarbone renders the arm on that side useless.
They were also very effective for breaking side or rear windows of locked cars if necessary to rescue confined passengers.
An ASP, collapsed and expanded, is pictured below.