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Always use soft restraints, this includes leather restraints only when they have a soft padding inside. If police use handcuffs to secure the patient, police must accompany the patient inside the ambulance. Having an officer follow behind in a vehicle is not a sufficient substitute. In handcuffing a patient being transported by ambulance, police must handcuff the patient"s hands in the front or to the stretcher, but in no event behind the patient"s back. |