NYPD Okays Velcro Handcuffs For Kids

Police trying to restrain children will use Velcro handcuffs instead of the tougher steel model to subdue disturbed or unruly children in 22 schools in northern Queens. "We would prefer never to use restraints of any kind, but in those rare instances where it may become necessary, we want a softer alternative to conventional handcuffs," Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said. I wonder if the police looked into other ill-suited materials to build handcuffs out of, like wet noodles, air, or words, before deciding on Velcro.

What?!?

[Locke2005]

I would have let them use my fur handcuffs [ebay.com] if they had only asked... is it just me, or would velcro handcuffs be ridiculously easy to slip out of? (As a child, I used to practice with my toy handcuffs slipping my hands from behind me to in front of me. As it turns out, when you do this as an adult, it really pisses off the cops.)