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Technical Info:
Usually have 2 or 4 electrodes on the tip
Some have electrode strips of metal along the length of the baton. Some have a spiral of metal around the baton along the length. Some only have electrodes on the tip.
Can look identical to “normal” batons i.e. non-stun batons except for a switch and small electrodes on the tip.
Some have electrode strips of metal along the length of the baton. Some have a spiral of metal around the baton along the length. Some only have electrodes on the tip.
Can look identical to “normal” batons i.e. non-stun batons except for a switch and small electrodes on the tip.
Concerns:
Open to misuse through sustained use / multiple shocks / shocks in inappropriate areas of the body and as a punishment on prisoners.
Designed to cause compliance through pain not incapacitation. Its use does not meet a legitimate law enforcement objective that cannot be effectively accomplished with safer alternatives therefore their use should be prohibted as should their production and transfer.
Designed to cause compliance through pain not incapacitation. Its use does not meet a legitimate law enforcement objective that cannot be effectively accomplished with safer alternatives therefore their use should be prohibted as should their production and transfer.
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Translations:
هراوة صعق كهربائي (هراوة صاعقة)
电棍
Matraque incapacitante
Электрошоковая дубинка
Porra eléctrica / Porra de descarga eléctrica