Handcuffing uncooperative, dangerous person

[tcrashfx]

It takes 2+. One to stand away and watch the other's back as he cuff's dude who is proned out. And that is if the cuffee is cooperative.

One would NEVER get as close to a suspect as is required to cuff him with an unsecured weapon. This is "hands on" time and it the most dangerous time. This is why the uncooperative subject is "softened up" or forced into compliance, prior to handcuffing

One handed cuffing techniques do not work in the field on willing or unwilling participants.

Just because you are cuffed does not mean you are under arrest, BTW.

[Jay]

if uncooperative, It'd be taser time then

[tcrashfx]

if uncooperative, It'd be taser time then

Yep, time for a some "Liquid Jesus" or a little "ride the lightning" session!

They usually get us some cooperation.

Usually.

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Thud!




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[daworm]

Spiderman's spinnerets would do the job.

[Jay]

tcrashfx said:

One handed cuffing techniques do not work in the field on willing or unwilling participants.

It seems that's a "no"

I think it'd always be a wise idea to use two hands...you have more control over the situation.

As far as what that cop did........Yah, just risky and stupid behavior....

[tcrashfx]

As far as what that cop did........Yah, just risky and stupid behavior....

Yep. A secured holster is the only place, other than your hand(s). for a duty weapon to be at any time.

[LimitedRecourse]

I wouldn't look to "COPS" as a definitive template of proper police procedure. Many times it is obvious to those "in the know" that the officers are showboating for the cameras just a tad. (Cops are people too!) Plus, not every agency follows the same procedures or even has the same LAWS, so what you see happening in Nevada may NEVER happen in Tennessee.

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

Hinged cuffs -are- made to be put on with one hand, but as long as people have two arms on different sides of the body from another, it will take two hands to do it right.

Usually, it takes one man per arm with a third cover-officer when they are REALLY frisky, but one officer can do it with sufficient knowledge of pressure points and a BUTT-load of adrenalin, for those fights in the dark in a ditch behind a row of houses where a foot chase has ended and you have NO idea where you are when the dispatcher is trying to find where to send back-up to. The key to that is a GREAT security holster in GOOD condition, because...lets say that once you bring it into play, the toothpaste can't always be put back in the tube. The other key is to get them on their stomach, usually held in place by your own body weight.

More cops makes everything easier and safer for the suspect, which ironically makes it look more like a gang-beating and generates complaints. Odd how people would rather me slug it out one one one, fists and clubs, cuts and broken jawbones, rather than have the weight of 3-4 people hold a guy down until he can be cuffed, no blood, no fractures...but little in the Job makes sense, so why start there?