“The straight baton also has 19 maneuvers, but they are basic and simpler,” Martucci said. The 1,400 rookies at the Police Academy will be trained on the straight nightstick, made of ...

A veteran NYPD cop was slapped with assault charges yesterday for belting a man across the face with his nightstick — breaking the victim’s bones, as well as the baton — in The Bronx.

This wouldn’t be Patterson’s first time wielding his baton, either. Back in 2012, a YouTube user posted footage of him taking pride in breaking a nightstick over someone. In that video ...

On Friday, the Russian protest artist Artem Loskutov held an auction on his Facebook page for a work he created with a nightstick (police baton) instead of a paintbrush. He used red paint on a ...