Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Baton Laws

Several states and cities have restrictions on police batons. Below is a list of locations where only Police Officers may carry these batons.
  • California
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Washington DC

As you'll see in most any state listed on this site any impact device carried with the intent to be used as a weapon can be interpreted as a billy club.

The above list is the locations where I have found specific laws prohibiting the carrying of expandable (ASP type) batons by non Law Enforcement Personnel.

1 comments:

Drew Paul said...

As a california resident with expirience in LE and private security, batons are allowed to be carried by uniformed security as long as they are certified by the BSIS and in BSIS approved uniform. They may be possessed by persons that use them in the capacity of theur job but may not be carried otherwise.