Shasta County police department to adopt nunchucks

Though the Police department is issuing the nunchuks in an effort to make its officers less threatening to innocent civilians, Day made it clear that these thing are obviously still weapons.

Nunchucks were previously popular with police community in the 1980s, but law enforcement agencies stopped using them when officers were accused of improper use, resulting in accusations of victims suffering broken wrists.

A California police department is now using nunchucks as a way to forcibly restrain suspects.

In 1991, the Los Angeles Police Department agreed to stop using nunchakus as a “pain-compliance” method while arresting anti-abortion protesters who filed a lawsuit against the department, according to a 1991 LA Times report. First, they are a weapon, meaning they 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, elbow or ankle and direct them to do exactly what you want.

Day, a 15-year police veteran, said he has given up his baton for nunchakus but has yet to use them. “They work really good as an impact weapon, but we try to emphasize a control too over impact”.

Day just got back from training with the nunchucks in Santa Monica, CA. The photo also depicts a female officer using them to hold a man’s wrist.

Day hasn’t used his nunchakus, but is confident he will use them properly.

Officers in California’s Anderson County Police District are trying something a little different to keep the streets safe.