I just received a pair of Chicago Model 1100 Cuffs.
Paid $14.75 at Handcuff Warehouse. Didn't know that these were made in Taiwan till I got them or I probably wouldn't have ordered them.
I am very impressed with the action and the sleek design. In short... I really like them. They feel and look good. If they last as well as they look, Peerless and Smith / Wesson may take a lesson from the Taiwaneese.
I'm certainly not an expert nor claim to have any knowledge about handcuffs like some of you guys so your comments are welcome. Dump on me if you wish !
Ron Thorpe
Your flashlight is a weapon of necessity, not choice. At least that is what our flashlight defense course I had to go through told us. I know many cities have gone as far as to outlaw metal flashlights and issue the plastic Streamlite flashlights with an order; any one caught carrying a metal flashlight will be immediately terminated.
But a properly trained officer when put into a situation where it is needed or justified can really rely on his or her flashlight. It dose make a good weapon, just don't go boasting you love to use it or you will wind up in court way too often. There has even been riots due to officers using excessive use of force.
I don't know if that other guy was joking or not, but the first city I worked in, we had such a large dope problem that we had to go to extreme measures to control a subject without having to simply shoot him. The dope they were on was so powerful that pepper spray, stun gun, or asp would not even phase them. And it was a one-two man department with your closest back up 15-20 mins away. We ended up ordering some stuff not made or available in the U.S. from Mexico, needless to say it worked. I no longer work for that department and have moved on to another, but I do clearly see the need for flashlight training.
As far as being on PCP, it doesnt mater what brand of handcuffs youre using, a guy in Des Moines, Iowa, featured on the show COPS. Was strung out on PCP and managed to break a pair of Peerless 500, he ripped the swivel right out of the cuff, while cuffed behind his back, so NIJ doesnt mean squat when it comes to that stuff.
As officers we get watched so closely by the public and criticized when the public feels that we may have went a little too far, but I dont see our critics out there fight some one on PCP in hand to hand combat, or being put in a situation where you feel the other guy has a gun and is going to kill you. We as officers are faced with the reality that we may go to work one day and never come home. This, the public dose not consider when trying to get an officer fired because he or she had to use force. They dont see all the murders, rapist, drugies, and gang members we deal with on a daily bases.
You can not judge a man till you walked a mile in his shoes.
James Brown
