English-French translation for "truncheon"

truncheon {noun}

The police set on them with truncheons.

Any use of a truncheon shall be reported to the Chief Constable.

Another administrative regulation governs the use of truncheons.

Truncheons and CS gas are very rarely used.

Other means of coercion (physical force, rubber truncheon, separation et al.

It is, though, an unfortunate fact that the slogans and truncheons conceal the real alternatives.

He did not see what instruments were used to beat him with but he believed they were truncheons.

In 2005, the National Commissioner of Police received 336 reports on the use of truncheons.

Survey of the use of handcuffs, manual force, truncheon and teargas in the period 1995-1999.

The police shall only use truncheons if the purpose cannot be achieved through lesser means of intervention.

He says that, while he was being arrested, the police manhandled his mother and beat two of his brothers with their truncheons.

He says that, while he was being arrested, the police manhandled his mother and beat two of his brothers with their truncheons.

The refugees were cornered and the Egyptian police then attacked them with water cannon and truncheons.

A squad of Security Police armed with electric truncheons intercepted the monks and placed them under arrest.

The latter is required to inform periodically the National Commissioner about the number of incidents in which a truncheon has been used.

The demonstration, which was peaceful, was brutally dispersed by security forces, using riot batons and electric truncheons.

While he was under arrest, he claimed to have been tortured with kicks and truncheons, and he adds that he continues to suffer from a back injury as a result.

Eighteen security officers were punished for unlawful application of physical force with truncheons, 11 for inhuman and rough treatment and 1 for unlawful actions.

Annex 4 lists the use by prison staff of handcuffs, manual force, truncheons and tear gas in the period 1995-1999.

The witness confirmed that a few kicks and slaps in the faces of the Roma inhabitants had taken place but stated that he did not recall that truncheons were used on them.