Abstract: The invention is directed to a take-down and control device intended to be used by police officers when violent subjects need to be controlled before being arrested. The device consists of an elongated rod which slides in a tube. The rod at one of its ends has a hook that can be hooked around a subject's leg while the tube on its end that is close to the hook on the rod has an upstanding and curved plate having a general plane which is 90.degree. offset from the plane of the hook. After the hook is hooked around a subject's leg, the tube will be slid down on the rod until the curved plate engages the subject's leg at a point on the leg which is opposite of the point on the leg where the hook has been engaged. A ratchet mechanism on the tube keeps the tube and rod in a locked position. A T-handle on the other end of the rod allows the officer to twist the device in various directions until the subject loses his balance and is thereby taken down and can be controlled.