My sister was a cop and was pretty good at using her PR24 nightstick. That and the blackjack.
The only time she drew her gun was when she was shot at.
She probably worked at it and didn’t use being a woman as an excuse to whine, which is very commendable.
I seem to remember a study that showed that the larger % of women on police forces, the more instances of force had to be used, either by the female cops themselves or male cops in defense of their female partners. I guess a lot of folks didn’t obey them, so force had to be used more often. The police departments with the most black men used the least amount of force, the theory was that they were more intimidating and were obeyed faster.
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I remember my father opening an illegal night club in Oklahoma back around 1950. He had a couple black jacks to slow down the floor fights, but he soon discarded them and replaced them with a table leg, the black jacks were just not that effective against drunks in a rage.