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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Key West city commission unanimously passes resolution to replace police black-jacks with nightsticks to reduce injuries and bad publicity, proposed by Commissioner Louis Carbonell.
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Key West police officers will no longer carry black-jacks as a result of a resolution passed last night by the city commission.
Instead, acting on the motion of Commissioner Louis Carbonell, they will be equipped with old-fashioned nightsticks.
Carbonell, who proposed that the nightsticks become part of the policeman's uniform, said that most major cities equip police with them rather than black jacks.
"A black-jack can do a lot of damage, but if a police officer knows how to use a night-stick, he can hold a man off and subdue him without injuring him," said Carbonell.
He added that "we'll avoid a lot of the unnecessary beatings which have been giving the city a lot of bad publicity." The chief of police, Carbonell said, is heartily in favor of using nightsticks instead of black-jacks.
His motion that the city purchase a supply was adopted unanimously.
Carbonell also suggested that, if necessary, out-of-town instructors be brought to Key West to instruct police in the use of the new weapon.
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Key West
Event Date
Last Night
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police officers will be equipped with nightsticks instead of black-jacks; motion adopted unanimously.
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Key West police officers will no longer carry black-jacks following a resolution passed by the city commission on motion of Commissioner Louis Carbonell. They will use old-fashioned nightsticks, which Carbonell said can subdue without injuring, unlike black-jacks. This aims to avoid unnecessary beatings and bad publicity. The chief of police supports it, and instructors may be brought in if needed.