Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 8, 22 June 1933 — SLAPPERS INSTEAD OF CLUBS USED BY POLICE [ARTICLE]

SLAPPERS INSTEAD OF CLUBS USED BY POLICE

Indianapolis poliee have substltuted slappers for clubbing, and are now equipped with rubber slappers invented by their chief, instead of the usual n\ghi, sticks.

The rubber maee is a fLat pieee of liard rubber, rectahgular in &hape, and contains a s!ot through whieh the fingers are siipped to obtain a firm grip. Th.& slapper bestows %. sfcuaning blow whieh subdues withou.t bloodletting and does not leave disfiguring marks.