i was out on saturday night at a nightclub in town and got into a fight with my boyfriends ex girlfriend. It was just outside the club and before i knew it police were involved and split us up. I was then handcuffed behind my back very tight by a female officer and put me in the police car.
on the way to the station i asked if she would loosen my cuffs a bit because they were digging into my wrist, so the officer in the back seat with me checked the cuffs and loosened them a bit, but they were still way too tight!
it wasnt until i got to the station the cuffs were taken off and i looked at my wrists which were red marked nd really sore, so the nurse checked them for any bone breaks etc, but luckily i was ok!
i showed my wrists to the officer who arrested me and she said.. she had them tight because my hand was thin and she didnt want me slipping out of them!
anyway, i didnt think i should have been handcuffed at all!
what do u think of this?!!
xx
2007-12-05 09:38:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The problem with handcuffs, they are designed to restrict movement, not for comfort.
It is not natural to sit with your hands behind your back, there is pressure on your shoulders, and tends to push against your wrists, causing the discomfort.
No matter how loose they were, metal does not stretch, so as your weight pushes against you as you sit, they are going to dig in.
As far as you being handcuffed at all, most every department has a policy mandating handcuffing of arrested persons. Those that are allowed discretion rarely use it. People's attitudes change in a hurry, especially when they are all ready pumped up from a fight. Discretion is difficult to justify, you will always be asked "why did I get handcuffed when he didn't". The safe thing is to handcuff them all.
2007-12-05 09:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I know the feeling. I think female officers seem to like applying handcuffs tight. I was arrested a while back by a female officer, and my cuffs were way to tight also, but she would not loosen them. I had marks for a week. About the only thing you can do in a situation like that is try not to move much and struggle in the cuffs. I know it is hard to to when you are seatbelted in the back of a cruiser in tight cuffs. To add insult to injury, she also chained my legs together with leg irons, so don't feel bad. I know how you feel.
2007-12-08 07:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As said before not made for comfort. If you have small wrists, the chance is there that you could slip out of it. Just because you had the red marks still doesn't mean it is to tight. Think about it, your arms are naturally trying to go back to the original position and the cuffs are stopping you. No matter how loose they are it will still feel like it is tight.
Suggestion, stay out of cuffs!!! Only time I have been in them is for training purposes.
2007-12-05 09:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jake S 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think anyone that is arrested should be handcuffed. Even if a suspect is very cooperative and passive, things can change is a heartbeat.
If you have small hands the cuffs will likely be put on tighter.
If you were arrested for fighting you have already shown that you are willing to do violence.
I think that people that behave themselves rarely end up with handcuffs on. The only time I have had them on was during Navy Shore Patrol Training.
2007-12-05 09:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Handcuffs hurt...period, no matter how loose they are.
I have yet to handcuff someone who didn't complain about them. The red marks are normal and happen often. They go away within a couple of hours.
Handcuffing suspects is standard procedure for most police departments (for officer safety reasons). People can change from passive to violent in a heartbeat, I've seen it time and time again. If you are under arrest and in my cruiser, you are handcuffed.
2007-12-05 13:53:34 · answer #5 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The real simple question to this answer is don't get arrested in the first place. There have been many recorded occurrences of people slipping out of handcuffs and assaulting police officers, some were even killed. Yes, they do hurt, and yes officers know they hurt because we have to have them put on in training. We don't do it on purpose, it is simply the officer trying to protect himself, and believe it or not, you.
2007-12-05 11:06:49 · answer #6 · answered by Test 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Handcuffs are not made for comfort, but are used to transport suspects safely. Handcuffing a suspect is standard operating procedure. Try to stay out of trouble.
2007-12-05 13:43:11 · answer #7 · answered by D squared 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really think they should either make different handcuffs for smaller wrists or not handcuff a person if they are coperating. I was arrested once for unpaid parking tickets that a friend of mine told me he would pay. I let him use my car and he got some parking tickets. I paid for the ones that I got. I could not believe they could arrest someone for parking tickets.
The handcuffs almost slit my wrists and they were bleeding a bit. My dad worked for the same police dept also yet I guess the officer that arrested me did not care for him. I told him my dad was his boss so be nice. That did not help. Police sure can be jerks!!!
2007-12-05 11:20:40 · answer #8 · answered by Summerlynn 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
I think that its proper procedure and if you did not want to get handcuffed you should not have gotten in a stupid fight outside of the club.
2007-12-05 09:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by t-bomb 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
cuz they are sick of arresting idiots who damage the regulation...cuz they are basically doing their pastime to envision the criminal they arrested is lower than administration...want i bypass on... "why in the international do officials cuff 'women' so tight..."? ...as antagonistic to cuffing men large tight because they deserve that because they are adult men and also you dont because you're a woman...? fool provide up being so backwards, provide up being so sexist, improve up, end getting arrested and also you'll not in any respect could fret about your little wrists getting raw from cuffs back
2016-10-25 12:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋