Sunnyvale DPS Exploring Drone Program
STEM in the Police Department BY: TYLER VENATOR
The southern region of the Bay Area was first founded in 1777, with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Sunnyvale became an individual city in 1842. That means that Sunnyvale has been protected by a police force for around 150 years. To protect your people for that long there must be some incredible engineering behind the scenes.
Batons or otherwise known as Until the early 20th century, nightsticks are also used in the line of officers were required to use their own personal weapons. The duty. Batons were first used in ancient Egypt, and can be made of traditional first city to standardize their weapons was New York City, in wood, rubber, or metal. There are many 1896, with Theodore Roosevelt designs of the nightstick. as the commissioner. Today the The straight stick is a common one, weapons in the police force are which ranges in size from under a foot upto 36 inches. There is also the sidenot standardized in each city, handle baton, which was popular during they vary from one to the next. the 1990s, but fell out of favor. The Most cities issue Glock pistols expandable baton is a newer design. This which are semi-automatic, and polymer-framed. In California it is design offers compatibility, which makes it more portable. These nightsicks are most common to use smaller caliber pistols, like a .38 caliber. most often used to contain unruly subjects, but they can do much more These guns brought a lot of than that. Batons can be used to restrain control to the police force, but somebody waiting for handcuffs. they also brought a lot of Batons, however, are not the only nonviolence. lethal restraint weapons.
● STEM in the Police Department
STEMATIX Magazine
4
