Baton

Baton
Police Brutality, Comin' Up!
Weapon Type	Melee
Weapon	Nightstick
Speed	Fast
Range	Low
Location	Police, Guard, Prisoner
Unlock	No
Lethal Throw	No
Can Execute?	Yes

The Baton, referred to in the game files as the Stick, is a melee weapon that appears in both Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.

Hotline Miami

The Baton can only be found on Chapter 13, Assault, as almost all enemies in that chapter, except the Police Chief mini-boss and Inspectors, are police officers and many of them carry batons. The baton functions similarly to the knife, but has its own execution animation.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

The Baton returns in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and is much more common. This time, it can be found in the hands of the Police, Guard or Prisoner enemy factions, and as such only appear in levels that feature them.

Gallery

Jacket wielding a Baton.

Martin Brown wielding a Baton.

Manny Pardo wielding a Baton.

Richter wielding a Baton in his prison uniform.

Richter wielding a Baton while disguised as a Security Guard

The Son wielding a Baton.

The Son executes a Security Guard with a Baton.

H.M. Hammarin wielding a Baton.

A Real Life Police Baton (Tonfa) image.

Trivia

• The night stick only appears in levels with police or guard enemies.
• The second frame of Manny Pardo's stick execution incorrectly shows him swinging a bat. As a single-frame error it's almost completely unnoticeable in-game.
• The Level Editor beta has a baton glitch where the execution animation will loop endlessly when playing as H.M. Hammarin.
• In Assault, the Dennis Mask will start the player with a baton instead of the knife. Originally, choosing the Dennis Mask on this level crashed the game.