Maglites were after my time.
Bardics were standard issue on Traffic because we could quickly change the colour of the lens...
Red, Green, Blue as well as white.
The only time it did not do the job as intended was when a colleague was in pursuit of a vehicle. I got ahead (this was pre stinger days) and as tge bandit vehicle came towards me, I thought I would through my bardic (they were quite weighty) at the windscreen assuming it would shatter the screen and vehicle would stop.
Next thing I remember is ducking to avoid being hit myself by said bardic as it bounced clean off the windscreen and came back in the direction of which it had been throwing missing my right ear by inches
Windscreen remained in tact and was eventually stopped a few miles further down the road.
Lesson was learnt on my part. Don't throw your torch at a windscreen, it don't work.....
Sorry, wrong section for this I know....