Which statement about handcuffing criteria is true?

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Which statement about handcuffing criteria is true?

Handcuffing is justified when any one of the established criteria is met. This means a single valid risk factor or situation—such as potential danger, resistance, or risk of flight—can be enough to justify restraints, rather than needing all possible criteria to be present. It reflects the practical need to act promptly to ensure safety and control. The other statements don’t fit because: you don’t have to meet all three criteria for handcuffing to be appropriate; age alone doesn’t determine cuffing since younger arrestees can be cuffed if criteria are met; and while policy guides use of restraints, it isn’t correct to say the criteria are always overridden by policy in every situation.

Handcuffing is justified when any one of the established criteria is met. This means a single valid risk factor or situation—such as potential danger, resistance, or risk of flight—can be enough to justify restraints, rather than needing all possible criteria to be present. It reflects the practical need to act promptly to ensure safety and control.

The other statements don’t fit because: you don’t have to meet all three criteria for handcuffing to be appropriate; age alone doesn’t determine cuffing since younger arrestees can be cuffed if criteria are met; and while policy guides use of restraints, it isn’t correct to say the criteria are always overridden by policy in every situation.

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