Blackjack, slapper, or SAP

[jscheck]

I started in the prison system in the late 80's and the pockets were sewn into the pant legs. There were a few slaps around but nobody carried one. When I switched over to the sheriff's office it was mace, then pepper spray and mag lights and batons, then expandable batons and tazers. I was around mace and pepper spray so much it didn't affect me much. Tazers were great fun and caused less obvious bruising!

 

[kaaskop49]

I don't exactly know when the NYPD prohibited the use of slappers but the old school cops I knew used them frequently and uniformed pants had a pocket for them. All my older generation relatives had them but the younger ones appointed during the 80's/90's were told not to use them though they continued to carry them anyway.

I knew a female NYPD cop on CPOP duty in the early 1990s. She carried a slapper to more effectively deal with the 'window smearers' working at many traffic lights. I remember a slapper being issued by USMS for hospital details in the 1980s. The rounded ones were more commonly called "jacks."

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[Faulkner]

I couldn't resist picking up another Foster SAP. A model 1996 and is 9 1/2 inch long and weights in at 13 1/2 oz with a sprung handle. Made in buffalo hide.

 

[Puller]

Hmm, I like the looks of that buffalo hide one.