A police department in Northern California is looking to use an alternative to the baton, nunchucks.
An Anderson police sergeant is using police certified nunchucks, meaning they are legal only for police to use.
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He says they are a weapon that can be used to hit, strike, jab, and take someone down.
But, they also work as a restraint, meaning you can use them to lock someone's hand or elbow or ankle.
Sgt. Casey Day of the Anderson Police Department says, "It's not like we can't use these as a control weapon. They work really good as an impact weapon, but we try to emphasis a control tool over impact."
The Anderson police department is working to train all of its officers with nunchucks.