Assertion: truncheon | /r/HasProperty | law enforcement
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text: For other types see Baton (law enforcement).
text: As nouns the difference between baton and nightstick is that baton is a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal while nightstick is (law enforcement) a long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security people, for use in self-defense often shortened to stick.