This truncheon and set of handcuffs - known at the time as 'appointments' - were issued to John Oliver of St Keyne, Cornwall, to equip him to perform his duties as Parish Constable. They were ...

I inherited this truncheon from my mother-in-law's family. It was made to commemorate the Liverpool City Police Riots in 1919 when the police rioted in support of the right to unionise and strike.

A driver reportedly hit a man with a truncheon and tried to jab him with ... found in a parked car along with a knuckleduster after police were called to the road rage incident at a car park ...