Defense Baton Training Program: Instructor Manual

Defense Baton(tm) is a training program designedfor public safety officers to reduce the potential of injury and liability risk when lawfully defending themselves or controlling a violent and/or aggressive individual.The Defense Baton(tm) Training Program is intended to give the trainee the basic understanding of self-defense, use of force, reasonable force and basic legal definitions of force. Subjects covered include:* Baton Awareness* Use of Force & Self-Defense* Baton Nomenclature* Defensive Tactics Fundamentals* Baton Handling Positions* Baton Blocking* Defensive Counter Strikes* Baton Control* Baton Retention* Post Incident DocumentationThis Training Manual for the Defense Baton provides training and education that is designed to empower officers with awareness, knowledge, skills and actions with regard to use of force and defending yourself or others with a defensive baton.