Kevin Orcutt created the Orcutt Police Nunchaku (OPN) in 1982. Since then, more than 250 departments across the country have used the OPN, including Bexar County Fire Marshals, Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Hays County Sheriff’s Office and Austin Police Department. The Denver County Sheriff’s Office has used them for 25 years and states they “wouldn’t be able to function without them.” Every cadet goes through the three day Basic Course.
In the past 34 years they have been sued twice, Forrester vs. City of San Diego (Dismissed) and once in Los Angeles where Orcutt was absolved of any wrongdoing because the officer at fault had never been certified in their use. San Diego still uses the OPN but Los Angeles does not as part of the settlement