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Without a key, handcuffs cannot be removed without specialist knowledge, and a handcuffed person cannot move their wrists more than a few centimetres or inches apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible. Handcuffs are frequently used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to prevent suspected criminals from escaping from police custody.
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (French: Prière pour une mitaine perdue) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jean-François Lesage and released in 2020. [1] The film centres on the lost and found office of the Montreal Metro system. [2] The film premiered as part of the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [3]
Canada, colloquial, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also used in Australia to refer to the mounted police sections of the various state police forces. Murija Serbo-Croatian, common colloquial term for "police"; from the Italian word muro, meaning "wall". Musker Romany word to describe a police officer.
With the right training, almost anyone can wrestle free of the makeshift handcuffs. While your natural instinct may be to wiggle your wrists to free your hands out of the plastic ties, that method ...
Hiatt speedcuffs in a design of holster Handcuffed hands in speedcuffs. Speedcuffs are a model of handcuff characterised by their rigid grip between the two ratchet cuffs. Their rigid design and the inclusion of a grip makes them effective for gaining control over a struggling prisoner, even if only one cuff has been applied.
A handcuff cover is a plastic or metal cover that can be placed over a pair of handcuffs. It consists of a hinged, box-like assembly locked over the handcuff chain, wristlets and keyholes. [1] The first handcuff cover was invented by J. D. Cullip and K. E. Stefansen [2] and patented in 1973. [3]
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]
Joseph O'Doherty's father Michael O'Doherty was a prosperous entrepreneur from Gortyarrigan in the parish of Desertegney at the side of Raghin Beg mountain on the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal.