Police baton (Fallout: New Vegas)

The police baton is a weapon .
==Characteristics==
A one-handed blunt melee weapon that, while once used by pre-War police officers to serve law and order, in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, has become a tool of peacekeepers and troublemakers alike.
It deals the third-lowest amount of damage per strike of all blunt melee weapons, but has the second-fastest attack speed as well. It also deals the third-lowest critical hit damage, but costs the third-lowest amount of AP and has significantly high durability and the second-lowest weight of all blunt melee weapons. It requires no Melee Weapons skill level and 1 Strength to use effectively.
===Special attack===
The police baton has a special Lights Out attack that does 125% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 6 more action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).
It is possible to execute Lights Out outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.
===Durability===
The police baton can successfully strike about 1245 times from full condition before breaking.
==Locations==
* Can be found on a Powder Ganger during Ghost Town Gunfightor Run Goodsprings Run in Goodsprings.
* Can be found on Mr. RADical southeast of Novac in Clark Field.
* Multiple police batons can be found in Vault 34.
* May be used sometimes by Freeside thugs.
* Powder Gangers sometimes have them.
* Inside Ranger Station Charlie after when one is given the task of checking on them, it is in the bottom left metal box inside the station.
==Bugs==
 Stealing NCR Chief Hanlon's police baton out of his personal locker at the foot of his bed and going outside and dropping it then tossing it off the concrete ledge at the resort will always result in a system freeze and will require a hard shutdown. 
==Sounds==
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