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Strong-Side Draw
As you draw the baton be alert. Be ready to use your Support Hand to maintain balance, to deflect a punch, to push a subject back away from you, or for some other similar defensive purpose. Additional time for drawing the baton into service may be gained by performing a
Pattern of Movement to create distance between you and your attacker.
As the baton is drawn from the holder, you should quickly assume one of the three available
baton carry positions and be prepared to defend yourself.
Lesson and Minimum Acceptable Performance Standards
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With the baton in the holder on your Strong-Side, grasp the grip portion of the baton with your Strong Hand (One-Hand Grip).
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Pull the baton out of the holder with your strong hand.
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Assume a carry position and
stance.
Back to the Program Outline
Cross Draw
As you draw the baton be alert. Be ready to use your Support (Weak) Hand to
maintain balance, to deflect a punch, to push a subject back away from you, or
for some other similar defensive purpose. Additional time for drawing the
baton into service may be gained by performing a Pattern
of Movement to create distance between you and your attacker.
As the baton is drawn from the holder, you should quickly assume one of the
three available baton carry positions
and be prepared to defend yourself.
Lesson and Minimum Acceptable Performance Standards
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With the baton in the holder
on your Support-Side, reach across and grasp the grip portion of the baton
with your Strong Hand.
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Draw the baton from the
holder using your Strong Hand and bring it back across your body to your
Strong-Side.
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Assume a carry
position and stance.
Special Notes:
Law enforcement involves, among other things, patrolling at different times
of the day, in various places, under various weather conditions and postures
like standing and sitting. Being comfortable, as well as ready for action, on
patrol is a big concern for most officers. This is why Monadnock's Swivel Front
Draw Holders were developed. You can index the holder front, through a
series of settings, by simply rotating it forwards or backward. This swivel
feature lets you quickly adjust or re-adjust the way you carry your baton on
your belt so your draw is fast and easy.
Under certain circumstances, it may become necessary to draw your baton
from the holder using your Support Hand, then transferring it across to your
Strong Hand. This would be called an assisted, Cross Draw. MEB certification
is not based on an assisted, Cross Draw, but rather on the Cross Draw depicted
and described above. However, this does not prevent any instructor or agency
from teaching an assisted, Cross Draw, but responsibility for documenting
minimum student competency falls to that instructor or agency, not the
Council.
Historical Note
Expandable batons, that rely on friction to lock them open,
extend with a "flick of the wrist". This technology has changed
little over the last 30 or so years since first being commercially introduced
in California as the Titan Taper. Friction
lock batons have to be closed by bending down and striking the tip on a
hard surface to release the shafts by "shock" so it can be closed.
In recent years, expandable, positive locking batons have
been introduced. These batons can be extended either by a "flick of the
wrist" or by a two-handed manual opening (passive draw). For the first
time, positive locking batons such as the AutoLock let you choose between a high profile or low profile opening based on the
needs of the situation. Positive lock batons close when the
"button", which keeps them locked open, is pushed in so the shafts
can be pushed back into the housing frame.
Back to the Program Outline
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