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M.E.B.® Monadnock Expandable Baton
Training Course
Monadnock is a Registered Trademark of Armour Holdings,
Inc.
COURSE TITLE: MEB®
Monadnock Expandable Baton Training
Course
COURSE TIME:
4 Hours (does not require student to use a
Monadnock Brand
Baton in order
to be certified. This
program is not
Brand specific
and covers the officer for any brand
Baton used or
carried)
COURSE FEE:
$50.00 (includes all course materials, training
manual, issuance of
of pocket card
to successful students)
DESCRIPTION:
This course covers the defensive tactics, strikes, and
jabs to be used
when carrying a less than lethal force
alternative such as an Expandable
Baton. Each course combines
lecture, discussion, demonstration, hands-on performance of
techniques and testing in a concise and practical manner.
FORMAT: Custom
Developed Microsoft® PowerPoint
Presentation of Monadnock
Expandable
Baton Training
Course
THE MEB BASIC
COURSE
The Basic Course
consists of a four (4) hour certification course. Basic Course certification
techniques include Stance, Patterns of Movement, Baton Grip, Baton
Methods of Carry, Baton Draws, Baton Two-Handed Grip Blocks, Baton
Counter Strikes, and Baton Retention. This is a well-rounded
training approach that provides officer protection at three specific
ranges for concluding an attack.
The first
defensive range available to officers is the extended range. This
range combines the full arm extension of a officer with the actual
length of a particular baton as it is held in the officer's strong
hand. The extended range is the maximum area that an officer can
expect to defend to his (her) front and to both flanks. Extended
range techniques include both Basic one-hand strikes. This range is
an officer's first line of defense against an
attacker.
The second line
of defense for stopping an attacker is at the intermediate range. As
its name implies, it is the area that falls between full arm
extension and within one foot of the officer's chest. There is less
space at the intermediate range, as well as at the close-in range,
for performing large sweeping baton strikes as in the extended
range. Consequently, two-handed strikes and blocks are designed for
rapid and effective use within a confined or compact space like the
intermediate range. This ability is unique to the MEB
Program.
The third and
most important range is close-in. Close-in encounters pose the
greatest danger to an officer’s safety (or survival) due to the
extremely tight space he (she) has to effectively and appropriately
maneuver a baton for self-defense or subject control. Close-in
encounters involve combat within one foot or less of the officer's
chest. Close-in encounter techniques again include two-handed,
strikes and/or blocks. Officer survival and the MEB Basic Course go
hand in hand with each other.
Today, baton
training must be appropriate and reasonable as defined by
contemporary community and law enforcement standards. In a phrase,
training must be court defensible. The MEB certification programs
are appropriate, reasonable, and court
defensible.
State-of-the-art training is conducted
in a safe classroom environment using the latest
simulators. Hypothetical situations are acted
out with the use of foam rubber baton and practice strike
bags. The Monadnock systems teaches a Three-Strike
zone. GREEN, YELLOW and RED.
 
Monadnock is a Registered Trademark of Armour Holdings,
Inc.
THE MEB ADVANCED
COURSE
The Academy also
offers an advanced MEB course for officers and agencies that want
the skills offered in the Basic Course Program (see above), plus
additional easy-to-learn, baton-assisted subject restraint
techniques. This second
curriculum course is called the Advanced Course and consists of an 8
hour certification course. The Advanced Course adds four (4)
subject-control techniques to the Basic Course Curriculum in just
four additional hours.
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