Grey Eyed Bandit
Master of Arts
It so happens that I work as a security guard, for a small company specializing in loss prevention. Basically this means I get to walk around various stores in civilian clothing, catch shoplifters, inspect employees's bags as they leave for home and make sure nobody's providing alcohol to minors. My current work loadout includes a roughly 20 inch baton (rubber with a steel core) which I carry vertically tip-up on my left side in a custom made shoulder holster, Hatch gloves, and a bullet-resistant vest I usually only carry in one particular area of town.
In september though, I'll go through a certification course that'll allow me to carry a 21 inch expandable as well, and possibly handcuffs as well. Fortunately, having looked through our intervention archives, it seems like only two of our people (both of them women, interestingly enough) have had to use violence to subdue perps for the last year and a half. Nevertheless, as we all know it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.
I own two ASPs already and I'm currently experimenting with methods of carry. So far, a cross draw from a left side rotating holster carry is the method that seems the most comfortable to me. Either that, or tip-up carry in my right back pocket if I for whatever reason don't have a sheath available.
As for usage, even with my current baton, I'm only allowed to target the arms and legs and will probably face severe legal repercussions if I hit anything else. That by the way is the problem with most ASP instructional material available today, all those cool chokes and fight-stopping targets are off-limits for actual use, at least when used in the line of duty as is the case with me.
Comment away, ladies and gentlemen.
In september though, I'll go through a certification course that'll allow me to carry a 21 inch expandable as well, and possibly handcuffs as well. Fortunately, having looked through our intervention archives, it seems like only two of our people (both of them women, interestingly enough) have had to use violence to subdue perps for the last year and a half. Nevertheless, as we all know it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.
I own two ASPs already and I'm currently experimenting with methods of carry. So far, a cross draw from a left side rotating holster carry is the method that seems the most comfortable to me. Either that, or tip-up carry in my right back pocket if I for whatever reason don't have a sheath available.
As for usage, even with my current baton, I'm only allowed to target the arms and legs and will probably face severe legal repercussions if I hit anything else. That by the way is the problem with most ASP instructional material available today, all those cool chokes and fight-stopping targets are off-limits for actual use, at least when used in the line of duty as is the case with me.
Comment away, ladies and gentlemen.