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Getting out of handcuffs?

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FrostedWoods · 01/01/2026 14:34

This is such a bizarre thing to write about but hear me out!

Had a weird situation with the police last night. Won't fully go into it but they mistakenly thought there was a criminal in my house and I was arrested then unarrested when they realised their mistake. I was put into handcuffs. I have hypermobility. And I think due to this I could get out of the cuffs pretty easily. Has anyone else experienced this?

I was so suprised at how easy they are to get out of. Do they have any kind of back up if they really need to keep someone secure? Just keep thinking about it! 😄

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PennyLaneisinmyheartandmysoul · 01/01/2026 14:51

So they came to your house in order to arrest someone? With your name and description?

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FrostedWoods · 01/01/2026 14:50

Divebar2021 · 01/01/2026 14:49

They’re supposed to handcuff at the back but sounds like they weren’t very committed to the arrest from the start.

Ah, well that must explain it then!

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Naws · 01/01/2026 14:50

FrostedWoods · 01/01/2026 14:48

No they were in front of me. I wasn't any danger to them but they didn't really have much of a clue! Really don't know why it was necessary to handcuff me in the first place. I think it was just instinct that I kept pulling them off and then there was a huge panic from them and they put them back on. Then they eventually 'unarrested' me and I took them off and gave them back to them. It was really weird.

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Yeah that is really weird.

Weird that they even let you pull them off once, let alone twice without tightening them.

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FrostedWoods · 01/01/2026 14:49

Sampler · 01/01/2026 14:43

that would be the least of my worries if I’d been mistakenly arrested and cuffed in my house on New Years Eve tbh. Maybe you have unnaturally slim wrists ?

I know, I've latched on to this weird thing I think because I'm so upset and angry about it. They knocked on my door at 2 minutes to midnight. Obviously ruined our evening.

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Divebar2021 · 01/01/2026 14:49

They’re supposed to handcuff at the back but sounds like they weren’t very committed to the arrest from the start.

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FrostedWoods · 01/01/2026 14:48

Divebar2021 · 01/01/2026 14:37

Were they behind your back? I should think they weren’t trying very hard. I imagine they weren’t too worried about you unless of course you’d had a huge ruck with them before they arrested you.

No they were in front of me. I wasn't any danger to them but they didn't really have much of a clue! Really don't know why it was necessary to handcuff me in the first place. I think it was just instinct that I kept pulling them off and then there was a huge panic from them and they put them back on. Then they eventually 'unarrested' me and I took them off and gave them back to them. It was really weird.

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Sampler · 01/01/2026 14:43

that would be the least of my worries if I’d been mistakenly arrested and cuffed in my house on New Years Eve tbh. Maybe you have unnaturally slim wrists ?

Divebar2021 · 01/01/2026 14:37

Were they behind your back? I should think they weren’t trying very hard. I imagine they weren’t too worried about you unless of course you’d had a huge ruck with them before they arrested you.