Getting out of handcuffs?

[FrostedWoods]

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! 😄

How many times did you pull them off?

And why since you were under arrest, didn't they simply hold your wrists so you couldn't?

The OP was most likely detained and not arrested and she wasn’t left in the building.

She's adamant they used the words arrested and un-arrested.

Make a subject access request within 31 days of yesterday preferably tomorrow for the body cam footage

I think this is exactly what the police expected. Me to be blindly obedient to them. And to pretend the big strong police man had detained me when clearly he hadn't. They were honestly so incompetent. It was a real eyeopener. I'm not sure what qualifications police have to have...a degree at least? I don't know. But these ones just weren't very intelligent. There was an agreement at one point that this person had 'escaped out the back' when there literally would be nowhere for them to go. They couldn't follow the logic that if a woman was heard to scream close by and it wasn't me the only woman in the house then it could well have been one of my neighbours.

I’m hyper mobile. I could get my arms to the front if they were cuffed behind my back definitely. Not sure if I could slob the cuffs off, weirdly want to try now, I can move the ball of my hand at the base of my thumb into my palm so unless they were done very tight I suspect I could slip them.

im sorry you and your kids went through that. Sounds horrible

DH and I have recently been watching publicised police body cam (American). Some very interesting cases, but we were both shocked by the number of times people (always women) could slip the handcuffs and run off. I'm surprised that this isn't included in training as it must happen often enough to be brought up!

Um...well what did they cuff me for? It didn't detain me...so what exactly was the point? I think the police work on a different logic to the rest of us. In the real world if what you are doing isn't effective...you don't just keep doing the same?!

I've made a complaint. They were clearly just completely incompetent so I don't think they had any grounds to enter. I won't hold my breath for an apology!

Why do you keep darting back and forth with your quotes OP?

It's very confusing that you're quoting posts from before 5pm and then recent posts and then back and forth again.

How many times did you slip the cuffs and why didn't they simply hold your wrists to prevent you?

I thought the twist to this tale wpuld be that they brought a boom box and then started to strip. Happy new year!

Perhaps have a read of the thread so you know what actually happened!

Well...who knows? Maybe a new career? 😂

No I was actually arrested as they then had to 'unarrest' me! 😄 No 'sorry we made a mistake'...just a little sheepishly 'I am now unarresting you' 😂

It flipping was! 😂

Did they actually arrest you, or put handcuffs on you to keep you restrained while they figured things out? (I don't even know of that's actual procedure but I'd always assumed if they were arresting you they d have to say you are being arrested on suspicion of XYZ
I'm always amazed on US police body cams how often arrested people manage to get out of cuffs..... Thinking about it though, it seems to usually be woman, maybe it's wrists being smaller or they tend not to lock them as tight? There's usually screeching about the officer breaking their arm while trying to get the cuffs on so maybe they are worried about being accused of hurting a female

You’ve not lived till you’ve been in a cell for 21 hours!

As I have said I was definitely arrested. And not sure what 'safe side' they were on considering the cuffs did nothing I could easily have assaulted them if I so chose. They claimed to be entering to check on my safety, whether that was just a lie I don't know. But they had the wrong place so I don't believe there were any grounds for them to enter. Life and limb I don't see how they could use that as they could clearly see I was fine. And yes they said I was arrested.

No I'm not involved with drugs and criminals! 😂 And not sure what thread you're reading that I'm nonplussed! And go to the police station?! You've got to be joking?! I've just had a horrible experience with the police leaving me upset and angry and in pain. My children were put in danger by them and have been traumatised and you think I'm going to drag them back to be around these very people?! Either you don't have children or you're insane. Instead I've calmly followed the procedure to confirm it really was the police and made a complaint.

You just have to fill in an online form to make a complaint. There is no phone number and noone to talk to apparently.

But why put them on atall? If I wasn't a 'flight risk' ...hardly going to just run off and leave my kids am I ...then why put them on at all? Just seemed to be a big song and dance over nothing.

These ones didn't care. Not interested in avoiding traumatising or endangering autistic children. All for absolutely no reason as the cuffs didn't detain me any way but they wouldn't calm down until I 'pretended' they did.

Quite. That poster seems extraordinary naieve.

I am extremely angry and upset. But I'm turning it into a big funny adventure to try and help my kids and me deal with it. I'm a nurse so I suppose it's gallows humour.

They unarrested me when they realised they'd come to the wrong house.