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Gotcha handcuffs: Pick-proof and light weight Comments

Founder: "In seven years we've had people try and no one can get out of our cuffs" ...

Putting cuffs on a sleeping giant Comments

There are a few little sayings that I try to teach my students regarding officer safety, and one of them is, “Let sleeping giants sleep.” ...

SHOT Show 2011: ASP Ultra light-weight handcuffs Comments

At this year’s SHOT Show, ASP — makers of a number of a variety of high-quality law enforcement products — announced the release of a new, light-weight handcuff called the “Ultra.” ...

Man facing fifth DUI tells cop to 'slap the cuffs on' Comments

"Well, I guess you're gonna take me to the joint," he told the officers ...

Search first or handcuff first? Neither! Comments

Every time you create a tactic to solve a problem, you create a new problem. Because both the 'search first' and the 'handcuff first' theories have inherent dangers, the Grip-Protective Sweep (GPS) technique provides a reasonable 'somewhere in between' strategy. ...

Delivering prisoner compliance with the Stun-Cuff Comments

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorHaving difficulty with prisoner compliance? Myers Enterprises' Stun-Cuff Magnum is usually just what the prison warden ordered. While the device has been around ...

Wis. sergeant convicted of beating cuffed suspect Comments

By Bruce Vielmetti Milwaukee Journal SentinelMILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County sheriff's sergeant was convicted Tuesday of beating a suspect handcuffed inside a squad car, where a video camera recorded ...

N.M. cops fire at suspect who slipped cuffs, stole cruiser Comments

By Vic Vela Albuquerque JournalESPAÑOLA, N.M. — Police in Española opened fire on a burglary suspect after he allegedly slipped out of his handcuffs and fled behind the wheel of the ...

Escape at McDonald's stop costs Fla. deputy his job Video

By Erin SullivanSt. Petersburg Times (via The Ledger)LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — Deputy Matthew Kadel was taking a man to jail the morning of July 19 when he decided to grab some food.As he pulled into ...

Conn. cop reprimanded for handcuffing firefighter Comments

By William Kaempffer New Haven RegisterNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A police officer was reprimanded for an incident in which he handcuffed a firefighter at a medical call in Fair Haven, the police chief said.The ...

Handcuffed man shoots at Calif. officers Video

KCRA.comSUISUN CITY, Calif. — Suisun City Police Department officials are investigating circumstances that led a handcuffed suspect to fire a gun at officers.Late Friday morning police said two officers ...

Ill. officer defends handcuffing, dragging nurse Video

By Frank Main Chicago Sun-TimesCHICAGO — A Chicago Police officer today apparently defended his decision to handcuff a nurse who had refused to draw blood from a suspected drunken driver involved ...

Ga. man slips out of handcuffs, steals cruiser Video

By Megan Matteucci Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionDULUTH, Ga. — Police are searching for a man who slipped out of his handcuffs and stole a Duluth police cruiser. A Duluth officer stopped a U-Haul truck ...

Be mindful of the handcuff "rip" tactic by violent offenders Comments

By George Demetriou NYPD Detective (retired) Since 2007, at least five police officers have been killed or seriously wounded while handcuffing — in some cases after getting one handcuff on the violator. ...

Off duty Pa. officer stabs suspect who attacked him with handcuffs Comments

By Moriah Balingit Pittsburgh Post-GazettePITTSBURGH — A routine arrest at the Downtown Burlington Coat Factory erupted into a bloody confrontation between an off-duty city police officer working ...

N.H. woman slips out of cuffs and kicks cops

Associated PressCONCORD, N.H. — A Goffstown, N.H., woman slipped out of a pair of handcuffs and kicked two officers after being arrested on a drunken driving charge. The 47-year-old woman was charged ...

Denver police cleared in DNC arrests

Police officers use pepper spray on a group of protesters during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (AP Photo)The Associated PressDENVER — Police officers did nothing wrong during mass ...

Utah inmate attacks officer at hospital

Deseret Morning NewsSALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Salt Lake County jail inmate attacked an officer and tried to disarm him during a medical visit last weekend before being quickly subdued.The incident ...

Cuffed woman crashes after stealing police car

By Sophia Kazmi Vallejo Times HeraldPLEASANTON, Calif. — A handcuffed woman led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase Monday in one of their own patrol cars on northbound Interstate ...

N.M. cops can't arrest for 'refusing to obey' Comments

New APD policy says 'refusing to obey' not enoughBy T.J. Wilham Albuquerque JournalALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque police officers are being told they'd better have a good reason when they arrest someone ...