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Author: Bisected8

Jun 9th 2013 at 12:08:35 PM

* In one episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a Tabletop game invented by Hodges (which features {{Flanderis|ation}}ed versions of the cast) has a CorruptCop version of Brass who threatens a suspect with a collapsible truncheon (which he's never been shown with in the series thus far).
* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'' strongly averts the CorruptCop aspect of the trope, only using his truncheon to protect the public and generally being an all round NiceGuy.

The OldFashionedCopper trope in general also tends to invert the trope, since the "no-nonsense" versions prefer guns (in works set at the time when British officers carried them), while the amicable DixonOfDockGreen types prefer old-fashioned truncheons. In feudal Japan, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitte jitte]] (basically a metal truncheon with a prong for hooking the opponent) was strongly associated with officers and served as their badge of office.

Thinking about it, are you sure that only corrupt cops tend to use batons? I'd say they're more weapons that are associated with police and guards in general.