A police baton on screen does most of its work in the half-second before it lands — the air-whoosh of the swing tells the audience what is coming, and the strike that follows confirms it. These 7 baton sound effects respect that arc: clean swing whooshes at three speeds, hard strike impacts on hard surfaces, the metallic schnick of a telescopic baton extending, and lighter tap variations for less-violent scenes.
Action film editors use the extension click as the visual cue itself — a character pulling out a baton off-camera is fully communicated by the schnick alone. The harder strike clips work as standalone impact hits even outside fight scenes, dropped onto downbeats in trailer cutdowns. Game audio designers pull the swing whooshes as melee-attack accents because the air-only takes layer with any impact source. Free to download for action video and games, no attribution required.