Posted: 6/16/2007 7:12:36 PM EDT
| I have seen cops and I was wondering why the officers/deputies double lock the cuffs. Is it to make sure the suspect doesn't get out of them? |
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Double locking prevents a person from being able to get out of them (to a good degree) and also prevents them from tightening it so much that they cut off circulation (liability). If they were really skinny and looked like they could flip their cuffs to the front I'd use Smith & Wesson hinged cuffs (smaller than Peerless) and not double lock them, that way they'd tighten them up on themself while trying to flip them.  I always carried one hinged and one chain, and almost always double-locked. |
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Two reasons: One is to make sure the trunk is latched so you don't have the old jack in the box attack (is kinda null and void now with all the child safety releases but...it can't hurt). Second, it leaves your fingerprints on the vehicle, kinda morbid...but if it goes bad and you aren't around to testify afterwords they can fingerprint the trunk of a suspect vehicle and determine if it was in fact the one that you had stopped. |
Plastic cuffs?  No thanks. Hiatts for me. 3 ratchets vs. the single one used on most cuffs, makes them harder to shim open. And the preloading feature is awesome.
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ASPs aren't plastic. There's metal under those purty colors. |
