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Plastic handcuffs (also called PlastiCuffs, FlexiCuffs, zip cuffs, flex cuffs or Double Cuffs) are a form of physical restraint for the hands made of plastic straps. They function as handcuffs but are cheaper and easier to carry than metal handcuffs, and they cannot be reused. The device was first introduced in 1965. [1]
Sometimes two pairs of handcuffs are needed to restrain a person with an exceptionally large waistline because the hands cannot be brought close enough together; in this case, one cuff on one pair of handcuffs is handcuffed to one of the cuffs on the other pair, and then the remaining open handcuff on each pair is applied to the person's wrists.
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In the clip, the man bound by zip-ties demonstrates how to free himself of the restraints, first, by untying his shoe laces. Leaning over, he then pulls both of the shoe laces through the bottom ...
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These are hard plastic boxes with a metallic slider and are placed over the handcuffs so that the key holes are hidden by the box. [13] On the one hand, the security cover prevents the detainee from manipulating the keyhole of the handcuffs, for instance if they gets hold of a handcuff key or a lockpick.
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