NCJ Number
65734
Date Published
1978
Length
26 pages
Annotation
A MANUAL FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FILM PROVIDES DETAILED AND ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTION ON POLICE BATON DEFENSES AND TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING GRIPS, BODY STANCES, COUNTERING AND BLOCKING TECHNIQUES, ANTIGRABBING DEFENSES, AND ARREST OR REESTRAINT TECHNIQUES.
Abstract
INCORPORATING A BLEND OF DISCIPLINE, MARTIAL ART, AND TRADITIONAL USE OF THE POLICE BATON, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES EMPHASIZE SELF-CONTROL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REFRAINING FROM STRIKING BLOWS TO THE HEAD, HEART, OR OTHER VITAL AREAS OF THE BODY. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE MAINLY TO PREPARE OFFICERS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ASSAULTIVE SITUATIONS WITHOUT RELIANCE ON DEADLY FORCE. BATON TRAINING CAN BE MASTERED WITHIN 8 TO 10 HOURS TRAINING TIME. THE INSTRUCTORS, ALTHOUGH THEY NEED NOT BE MARTIAL ARTS EXPERTS, SHOULD ATTAIN A BASIC PROFICIENCY IN BATON TECHNIQUES WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST TRAINING SESSION. THEY SHOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE OFFICERS TO PRACTICE BATON TECHNIQUES OUTSIDE THE TRAINING SESSION IN ORDER TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PROFICIENCY IN BATON USE. ILLUSTRATIONS OF BATON TECHNIQUES SHOW AND EXPLAIN THE NATURAL '1' AND THE BACK '1' STANCES, AS WELL AS THE 'HARD' STANCE AND THE WIDE '1' STANCE. NEXT, VARIOUS DEFENSES AGAINST AN ATTACKING OPPONENT ARE ILLUSTRATED, STARTING FROM THE CONCEALED BATON GRIP, THE HORIZONTAL BATON GRIP, AND THE CROSS-CHEST GRIP. DEFENSE AGAINST BATON TECHNIQUES CONCLUDE BY SHOWING BLOCKING ACTIONS FROM A CONCEALED GRIP, A CROSS-CHEST GRIP, AND A HORIZONTAL GRIP. SEVEN REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED.