Thread by @gbponz

Just so you know: I served my conscription in a "Carabinieri" batallion, which as a corp is technically part of the Military but whose main duty is policing Italy , mainly outside the main cities ("Territoriale") and provide men from the Batallions for public order.(/)

https://twitter.com/RebelNewsOnline/status/1491751301251842053

After a 3 month training I served 9 in one of those batallions. Soccer games, guard duties, public protests, Tribunal work etc. Also beef up ordinary patrols like the one depicted here.
It was 1987 so it was another Era and another country, but... this troubles me. (/)

First off, "arrest" is one thing, handcuffs are another. if door locking works for kids and dogs, it surely is sufficient to keep a 78 year old from absconding on the route.
Moreover, and that struck me, handcuffs have one bad thing in them:(/)

When you put them on somebody, you have to close them enough that he/she cannot pull the hand out, but not too much otherwise you harm the person. Moreover, they are built to work one way: the clamps can close further (painful), but they can't open without the key.(/)

So if the subject is trying to break free of them, the risk is that he progressively CLOSES the cuffs further, thereby harming himself, even unwittingly. If he does, the officer is in the unpalatable situation to be forced to open them again, and then reset them.(/)

That is... unless he uses one of the mechanism. on each cuff there is a small hole. If you put the pin present on the key handle in that hole and press, after having put the cuffs on someone, thos cuffs DO NOT CLOSE FURTHER. (/)

Now, I don't know if there was some editing involved, but I haven't seen that officer lock the cuffs from closing further and doing harm. I repeat, I don't know what procedure is taught in Ottawa police training, but that would be in a manual, right?
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OH, and let's spill it: Carabinieri Uniform has for almost two centuries donned the same red stripe down the pants these two policemen have. If it's not too much, can I have my piece of mind back, can you police in Ottawa remove that stripe? Forever?