Find out why the police baton has been a staple of police weaponry over the last half century in this training video on DVD. With amusing demonstrations of baton use this DVD is one of a kind.

This vintage LAPD training film demonstrates proper baton technique. Two expirienced agents show how to attack with the baton, using just enough force to make an arrest.

The film includes parries of attack and counter-attack techniques, as well as footage of police officers practicing baton strikes on a dummy.

Also featured are dramatizations of on-duty cops demonstrating baton techniques.