Nightstick Joe is back in business. To the delight of tradition-minded Baltimore police officers, ... a wooden nightstick with an ornately tooled handle and a long leather strap for twirling.

The old-fashioned Police Department nightstick, wielded by cops since the turn of the century, could be making a comeback. Concerned that police officers don’t use the newer side-handle baton… ...

The 1,400 rookies at the Police Academy will be trained on the straight nightstick, made of polycarbonate plastic, not wood. The PR-24 will remain authorized for cops who received side-handle classes.

The makers of the iconic Louisville Slugger bats have stopped producing wooden nightsticks that look like the bats, something it had done for 15 to 20 years.

And while his son Richard H. Mooney III of Hatfield doesn't remember much about his father who died when he was seven, he was left with his father's badge - No. 23, his wooden nightstick and off ...