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Posted: 12/8/2010 7:08:09 PM EDT

Poke around at the lock of handcuffs with a pen after putting them on the perp? What are they doing?

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:09:25 PM EDT

[#1]

Locking the cuffs so that they don't get tighter.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:10:07 PM EDT

[#2]

"Double locking" them.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:10:20 PM EDT

[#3]

Double locking them so that you don't complain they are too tight!

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:10:47 PM EDT

[#4]

The back of the cuff key has a little stub for that, you'd likely break your pen dicking around in there.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:11:40 PM EDT

[#5]

Not a pen. It's a key for double locking them.

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Posted: 12/8/2010 7:11:47 PM EDT

[#6]

Asked and answered. Wow, this is probably the quickest and most factual thread ever in GD.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:13:41 PM EDT

[#7]

Didnt do that for me...last time ole boy cuffed me he made it so tight it broke my watch....

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:14:11 PM EDT

[#8]

Is this a new feature? ( past 10 yeas or longer)?

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:14:27 PM EDT

[#9]

Since we're all stupid civil servants who couldnt get a real job, we're marking your hands so we know which is which..

Jk.. Like everyone else said, Double locking them so you cant make them tighter, plus makes them harder to pick.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:19:12 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Asked and answered. Wow, this is probably the quickest and most factual thread ever in GD.

I've seen a couple. Could be counted on one hand.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:20:55 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Is this a new feature? ( past 10 yeas or longer)?

It's not new at all. Longer

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:22:32 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Locking the cuffs so that they don't get tighter.

Unless the perp is a real dick. Then you leave em single locked so they get tighter as they squirm around.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:23:49 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Asked and answered. Wow, this is probably the quickest and most factual thread ever in GD.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:25:02 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Asked and answered. Wow, this is probably the quickest and most factual thread ever in GD.

I sat in court all day, and laughed out loud at that. Thank you.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:29:24 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Is this a new feature? ( past 10 yeas or longer)?

I was issued handcuffs in 1984 that could be double locked. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a pair that you could not double lock?

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:31:47 PM EDT

[#16]

Injecting a microchip into your bloodstream

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:32:15 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
"Double locking" them.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:39:12 PM EDT

[#18]

It makes them impossible to shim, and adds a step to picking them.

Posted: 12/8/2010 7:41:29 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
It makes them impossible to shim, and adds a step to picking them.

Very true, But i figured since this was GD, Id be a little more dramatic..

Posted: 12/8/2010 9:11:57 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
"Double locking" them.

+1

Posted: 12/8/2010 9:16:31 PM EDT

[#21]

I was the pawn shop the other day they had some of the roughest looking cheap ass $9 chinese cuffs I had ever seen

double locked a set and there was no fucking way they were ever coming unlocked

guess that might be useful for a serial killer or something

Posted: 12/8/2010 9:17:24 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Poke around at the lock of handcuffs with a pen after putting them on the perp? What are they doing?

They lock the cuffs so that way they don't get tighter and tighter while in the car.

Posted: 12/8/2010 9:19:56 PM EDT

[#23]

"Perp"?

Derp!

j/k

Posted: 12/8/2010 9:45:29 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Is this a new feature? ( past 10 yeas or longer)?

I was issued handcuffs in 1984 that could be double locked. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a pair that you could not double lock?

Posted: 12/8/2010 9:52:58 PM EDT

[#25]

I use my pen all the time for it. Different makers use different methods for the double lock. Most require the back end of a handcuff key to slide a little lever. Some require a push of a small button (which a pen works great for).

Posted: 12/8/2010 10:07:19 PM EDT

[#26]

Marked a little R and little L So they know which is right and left.

Posted: 12/8/2010 10:16:24 PM EDT

[#27]

They're not doing anything to the handcuffs––they're signing your tramp stamp.
It's like a LEO "Seal of Approval" in the Big House.

Posted: 12/9/2010 4:29:17 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Is this a new feature? ( past 10 yeas or longer)?

I was issued handcuffs in 1984 that could be double locked. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a pair that you could not double lock?

I have a pair of my Grandpa's cuffs from the 50's - early 60's....they double lock.

Posted: 12/9/2010 5:39:27 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Poke around at the lock of handcuffs with a pen after putting them on the perp? What are they doing?

engaging the double lock mechanism which keeps the bail of the cuff from tightening any further.

J-

Posted: 12/9/2010 5:43:09 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

Asked and answered. Wow, this is probably the quickest and most factual thread ever in GD.

Actually it's not just locking them to keep them from getting tighter. It's locking them to prevent picking.

If you don't double lock the cuffs, I can get them open with a bic lighter or any sliver of shim stock type metal.

Posted: 12/9/2010 5:59:54 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Injecting a microchip into your bloodstream

Posted: 12/10/2010 5:30:00 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
It makes them impossible to shim, and adds a step to picking them.

Negative ghost rider, has nothing to do making them impossible to shim (i have done it).

J-

Posted: 12/10/2010 5:36:14 AM EDT

[#33]

Taking a DNA sample.

...you know for our big database.

Posted: 12/10/2010 5:50:39 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Taking a DNA sample.

...you know for our big database.

Ever touch a penny? that's the only reason they're still around! DNA collection.

Posted: 12/10/2010 6:59:00 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

Quoted:
It makes them impossible to shim, and adds a step to picking them.

Negative ghost rider, has nothing to do making them impossible to shim (i have done it).

J-

Well then you're better at it than I am. When I was taught to do it, we unlocked them before attempting to shim or pick.

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