It has been mentioned before on this forum that LEOs are strongly advised to be very careful while cuffing a suspect/perp/unsub/whatever. It's too easy for the perp to turn the tables on a solo LEO trying to apply cuffs while keeping him/her covered. It's even possible for him/her to monkey up the process in which one LEO does the cuffing while his/her partner covers the perp, unless they've practiced it extensively.Aggie_engr wrote:<snip> If they are of the cowardly type that drops to ground like a girl screaming don't shoot me, I might try to cuff them and hold them till the cops show up. <snip>
p.s. Cuffs are relatively cheap. Picked up a nice pair of Smith&Wessons from the gun show for around $30.
IMHO. YMMV.