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PR 24 baton

PR 24 baton
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PR 24 baton
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Collection
Te Papa Collections Online
Description

The Monadnock PR 24 baton was introduced by the New Zealand Police in the early 1980s for riot control. It replaced the previous shorter baton. Operation Rugby The Police’s code-name for the 1981 Springbok rugby tour was ‘Operation Rugby’. This baton was used by two special police squads formed as security escorts for the South African team (the Springboks) as it travelled around the country. Called the Red and Blue Escort Groups, they were more commonly known as the Red Squad and Blue Squad...

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Date created
1981
Creator
Monadnock
URL
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/66823
Related subjects
plastic / metal / batons / Rugby / Racism / Apartheid / United States

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