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Police - Snap Response.

The 'quick cuffs' used by police are posing a danger to officers themselves., according to the letters page of the
force's journal, Police Review

In one incident, an officer was getting out of a police carrier when he caught himself on ths safety bar by the sliding door-
which released his quick cuff and locked him on to the bar. Seargeant Gary Wade of Lewisham recalled how
his quick cuffs once ''stabbed me in the ribs'' getting into a vehicle - while another time, jumping out of a car to chase
suspects, his cuffs caught him up in the seat belt, throwing him back into the car and banging his head on the frame.

Woman PC Betty Booth from Bigglleswade said the male PCs are seriously worried about their ''Jingle Bells''
My dad, she said, was 40 years in the force - a more erect postured man you never saw. Hands always clasped
behind his back. Now these lads cup their hands over their tackle like footballers facing a 'free-kick'

Festive thought - where did I leave those nut-crackers ?