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There is alot of legislation flying around here in simple terms he it is.
I am a serving Military Policeman, and I have used both plasti cuffs and Quick cuffs and have used them in both calm and violent situations plasi cuffs cannot be applied to a violent subject by one person unless you are considerably stronger (to akward) also these are much harder to ajust should you apply them to tight.
Quick cuffs can be applied by one person, however I have on two seperate occasions broke two differents sets of theses on extremely violent subject, I have also had trouble getting them on strong individuals bith mil and civvy.
There is no law that says you cant carry cuffs and should the situation arise that a prolong attack from an individual then your justification is there even if you are a civvy security employee.
Bearing this in mind nearly every single occasion a set of cuffs is applied I have recived a complaint not down to the way I applyed them but simply because if a subject struggles they will cause tempory damage to there wrists, but this is minimal normally in the form of a mark or small amount of broken skin.
Personally I would say carry them if you are happy to give evidence in a court to your "honest held belief, that you could see no other solution to that problem. I cuff civvy that kick off for both my safety and there own, this is preferable to a baton or a strike.
I would no advokate DS using them on the streets of Manchester or London tho.
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