Man catcher

Type of pole weapon

マンキャッチャー

Type

pole weapon

A man catcher (compare German: Menschenfänger), also known as catchpole, is a capture tool for law enforcement work and similar. It is a form of polearm, consisting of a long shaft equipped with a semicircular arc at one end, intended to be thrust against an opposing individual, with the aim of encircling their waist, limbs, or neck, followed by further thrusts to push the captured person up against a wall or the ground in order to limit and lock their ability to move and escape.

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Facts from Wikidata Q1920776 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.