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Show Truncheon Only Weapon A wooden truncheon, or staff, made of cocus wood, 15 inches long, with a leather strap to secure it to the wrist, is the traditional weapon of the metropolitan police force of London. Revolvers are kept only at the stations, to be issued in special cases where there is reason to believe be-lieve that encounters with armed criminals are likely to occur. Mounted Mount-ed police have longer truncheons. The metropolitan police orders provide pro-vide that truncheons are to be used only in extreme cases, and whenever used by a constable must be submitted sub-mitted to the station officer for subsequent sub-sequent Inspection. |