In the State of California what is the Penal Code for carrying a truncheon? Hell, what happens if you get caught with one in your car? Not even in your hand! Truly, for someone who claims to have been in law enforcement, your defense of this individual in this image speaks volumes about you.
My defense was not to make a judgment without knowing the facts. The picture is an example of profiling, jumping to a conclusion without first talking to him and others on scene.
The first question to ask is this: Are you employed as a security officer?
22295. (a) Nothing in any provision listed in Section 16580
prohibits any police officer, special police officer, peace officer,
or law enforcement officer from carrying any wooden club or baton.
(b) Nothing in any provision listed in Section 16580 prohibits a
uniformed security guard, regularly employed and compensated by a
person engaged in any lawful business, while actually employed and
engaged in protecting and preserving property or life within the
scope of employment, from carrying any wooden club or baton if the
uniformed security guard has satisfactorily completed a course of
instruction certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs in the
carrying and use of the club or baton. The training institution
certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs to present this
course, whether public or private, is authorized to charge a fee
covering the cost of the training.