I was at a mall & interrogated by mall security when one of the security officers handed me one of those black batons with the handle on it & then accused me of stealing it from him.
The mall I was at (don't recognize it from my dream) had a dozen officer security force and all they would talk about was the economic problems they were facing. Losing their houses, being broke, etc.
I have no idea what the dream meant but I am never stealing a mall officer's security baton.