Handcuff Injuries: Simple Steps to Reduce Liability
By ASP Trainer Jim Klauba
As the name suggests, handcuff neuropathy is an injury—usually to someone in police custody—caused by overtightening of handcuffs. Over-compression most often damages the superficial radial nerve, and this damage can be severe and permanent.
How do you Stand during a Field Interview? It Matters.
By ASP Trainer Jim Klauba
Have you ever seen the way many police officers stand? My department had what we affectionately called “heavy arm syndrome”—upon graduating the academy, probationary police officers caught this condition from seasoned veterans.