Early police baton training emphasized military style discipline and control, with limited techniques and little focus on safety.

Meanwhile on the shooting range

Modern Police: 'Use the minimum force necessary.' 1920s Police: 'Have you tried the overhand walnut-cracker?'

Brah that 1st technique was a VIOLATION brother 💀🤌😭

Early police baton training was strict and militaristic 🪖🚓 It stressed discipline and control over technique, offering few practical defensive moves and minimal attention to safety—reflecting a time when policing borrowed heavily from military methods rather than modern, protective strategies.

1920ies George Floyd: I can't breathe! 1920ies cop: Not if I'm doing it right.

Very interesting that they used to train like that, would be interesting how much has changed.

That first strike was savage! 😂😂

Bring back the Billy club 😃

All these training doesn’t matter when he has a-gun

World without nigrs.

Imagine taking one of those hits during training.

actually, looks like it's 100% about safety of the officer

it's just brutal

The "wooden shampoo".

Ahhh, the old “hickory shampoo”

How did We go from that to these?

The Thought Provoking approach True It s interesting how that early lack of safety focus eventually paved the way for the strict use of force continuums we see in training today

警察の武器はこん棒が一番いい。 小太刀の技がマスターできれば素手で勝てる人はいない。

But don't for a second think those old-timers wouldn't do their best pre-Buddy Rich on your noggin if you got too lively.