General Sec Token Chat - Replacement and Improvement Brainstorming Here!

[Sundance]

I think it would make sense to have some kind of lesser baton/taser equivalent available in Sec.

Personally, I really like Barriers and consider them a part of my standard gear, but those are still a sec locker item. How about more equivalents to that?

Perhaps a weak harm baton that extends into a two handed stun pole, with long reach melee options.
Maybe a taser equivalent that is a one shot stun, but it has a very slow self recharge battery that can't be removed. A Stun Flintlock.
A flashlight that doubles as a good bashing weapon, especially on glass

The bad Gear is to supplement your good token gear, replace something temporarily, be stolen by or distributed to non-sec.

That's pretty much the sidearms idea I had. Although, in my eyes they'd be a bit stronger than what you suggested, such as a the Taser Pistol which would have 3 shots, slow recharge and locked battery, one mode. You can effectively use this as a backup gun (like any game, it takes longer to reload than to shoot again) in many cases, but also you could use it for extra firepower, akimbo style.

I'll argue the case a bit more:
You're an officer. You get disarmed. You have only a stun baton, fresh out of flashbangs. You
A) Attempt to charge the offender with your baton, and probably die.
B) Run away and use your tracker. But oh shit, you have no gun.
C) Complain to the HoS. But oh shit, they ain't here.

This gives more flexibility with how they approach situations, while also not flooding the station with more "dangerous" gun as they'd be limited in their capabilities.