> It is too bad that police departments no longer train officers on the use of a nightstick. <
I talked about that with a friend of mine, a cop. His department no longer uses nightsticks. I asked why.
One, he said, is that the state requires two days of baton certification every year. The city doesn’t want to pay for that.
And two, it increases the city’s police liability insurance.
> It is too bad that police departments no longer train officers on the use of a nightstick. <
Night sticks went out of favor with the Rodney King video. A bunch of white cops wailing on a black guy who kept refusing to stay down, was not a good look for the LAPD. That’s when police depts started using Tasers.