A mechanical tonfa with a spring-loaded swiveling and locking mechanism. The tonfa includes a main bar with a perpendicular handle. The handle includes a button that engages a spring-loaded locking bar within the handle. The portion of the main bar that connects to the handle includes a circular groove that fits over a circular protrusion on the handle. The main bar also includes an aforementioned plurality of notches, enabling the main bar to lock in multiple positions. When the button is pressed, the locking bar is moved such that it is removed from one of the notches, enabling the main bar to swivel relative to the handle. When the button is released, the force of the spring causes the locking bar to return to its original position, causing the main tonfa bar to lock in one of multiple positions depending on the positions of the plurality of notches.

A mechanical tonfa with a spring-loaded swiveling and locking mechanism. The tonfa includes a main bar with a perpendicular handle. The handle includes a button that engages a spring-loaded locking bar within the handle. The portion of the main bar that connects to the handle includes a circular groove that fits over a circular protrusion on the handle. The main bar also includes an aforementioned plurality of notches, enabling the main bar to lock in multiple positions. When the button is pressed, the locking bar is moved such that it is removed from one of the notches, enabling the main bar to swivel relative to the handle. When the button is released, the force of the spring causes the locking bar to return to its original position, causing the main tonfa bar to lock in one of multiple positions depending on the positions of the plurality of notches.

The present disclosure is directed to mobile correctional facility robots and systems and methods for coordinating mobile correctional facility robots to perform various tasks in a correctional facility. The mobile correctional facility robots can be used to perform many of the tasks traditionally assigned to correctional facility guards to help reduce the number of guards needed in any given correctional facility. When cooperation is employed among multiple mobile correctional facility robots to execute tasks, a central controller can be used to coordinate the efforts of the multiple robots to improve the performance of the overall system of robots as compared to the performance of the robots when working in uncoordinated effort to execute the tasks.

An extendable baton has a base section, at least one extendable section and a control rod. The base section may be tubular and have a lengthwise axis and an annular recess on an inner surface of a distal end and a release button on a proximal end. The extendable section may be tubular and nest inside the base section. The extendable section includes a locking clutch including a single slot disposed on the proximate end, a clutch plate disposed at least partially within the slot, the clutch plate including a locking portion, which engages the annular recess and a control aperture portion having an aperture, and at least one spring disposed to bias the clutch plate outwardly from the slot of the extendable section. The control rod is insertable through the aperture to retract the clutch plate when the release button is depressed.

An adapter for a cylindrical end cap of a multi-section locking baton. The adapter has a non-cylindrical outer side surface thereby providing the end of the baton with a non-cylindrical outer side configuration, such as a wedge shape or a domed shape.

A baton has a body with a first end and a second end. A handle is connected to and extends from the body between the two ends. A cap is hingedly connected to an end of the handle. A locking mechanism selectively locks the cap to the handle and includes a catch plate that includes a catch, a latch releasably engaged with the catch, and an actuation button. The actuation button is movably engaged with the latch to disengage the latch from the catch. The actuation button is movable along a stop axis and a latch axis different than the stop axis.

A baton has a body with a first end and a second end. A handle is connected to and extends from the body between the two ends. A cap is hingedly connected to an end of the handle. A locking mechanism selectively locks the cap to the handle and includes a catch plate that includes a catch, a latch releasably engaged with the catch, and an actuation button. The actuation button is movably engaged with the latch to disengage the latch from the catch. The actuation button is movable along a stop axis and a latch axis different than the stop axis.

The present disclosure is directed to mobile correctional facility robots and systems and methods for coordinating mobile correctional facility robots to perform various tasks in a correctional facility. The mobile correctional facility robots can be used to perform many of the tasks traditionally assigned to correctional facility guards to help reduce the number of guards needed in any given correctional facility. When cooperation is employed among multiple mobile correctional facility robots to execute tasks, a central controller can be used to coordinate the efforts of the multiple robots to improve the performance of the overall system of robots as compared to the performance of the robots when working in uncoordinated effort to execute the tasks.

A recording system may use the information stored in a list to determine whether to receive and/or respond to messages transmitted by notice systems. The source of the information for the list includes a server and/or the recording system itself. A server that provides the list may use data provided by an agency to determine a relationship between a people, recording devices and notice systems. The associations between people, recording devices and notice devices may be used to determine what information is in the list. A recording device that forms the list may receive messages from any notice system, detect the session identifier, store the session identifiers from received messages, and receive and/or respond to messages in accordance with the list formed by the recording system.

A recording system may use the information stored in a list to determine whether to receive and/or respond to messages transmitted by notice systems. The source of the information for the list includes a server and/or the recording system itself. A server that provides the list may use data provided by an agency to determine a relationship between a people, recording devices and notice systems. The associations between people, recording devices and notice devices may be used to determine what information is in the list. A recording device that forms the list may receive messages from any notice system, detect the session identifier, store the session identifiers from received messages, and receive and/or respond to messages in accordance with the list formed by the recording system.