The buzz baton is a device used by the Lower Elements Police to break up riots or detain criminals. It can harm or stun, and has a voltage of at least 10,000 volts. It is most likely identical in function to a taser.
Incidents[]
Captain Short uses it many times throughout the series.
In The Arctic Incident, the LEP officers used them to hold off the softnose-armed goblins, as their other weapons were sabotaged by Opal Koboi.
In Opal Deception, Mervall Brill used the buzz baton to jolt Opal into consciousness, after a year of being in a cleansing coma, so she could escape.