PROHIBIT 3.1.3 KINETIC IMPACT WEAPONS AND DEVICES INHERENTLY ABUSIVE OR DANGEROUS KINETIC IMPACT WEAPONS AND DEVICES INCLUDING SPIKED BATONS, SPIKED SHIELDS AND SPIKED ASSAULTIVE ARM ARMOUR; SJAMBOKS AND OTHER STRENGTHENED WHIPS; WEIGHTED GLOVES AND WEIGHTED BATONS Images of spiked batons (far left and left), a spiked shield (centre), image of spiked arm armour (right) (all images© Robin Ballantyne/Omega Research Foundation) Investigations by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation have discovered the ongoing marketing to police and security forces of a range of inherently abusive and dangerous kinetic impact weapons and devices. They are designed to increase, not minimize, the amount of pain and injury inflicted on subjects, and certain types can cause skin tearing and puncture injuries. Their use would lead to severe physical pain, mental suffering and serious injury and they therefore clearly cannot legitimately be used for law enforcement purposes. COMBATING TORTURE: THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT Amnesty International | Omega Research Foundation 13