Nothing says tough love like Velcro handcuffs. Cops trying to restrain children will have a softer alternative than metal handcuffs under a new program the NYPD is testing in nearly two dozen schools.

LOS ANGELES -- The prosecution rested its case Wednesday against a man accused of killing his girlfriend's son and closed with a detective who listed all the items the man is said to have used to ...

State officials say they’re phasing out the use of metal handcuffs and seclusion at a secure hospital for the mentally ill in the wake of fines for maltreatment of patients. The Minnesota Security ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A Georgia mother said she was outraged when ...

The mother of a 9-year-old autistic boy in North Carolina is suing a former school resource officer who allegedly taunted the child and restrained him in metal handcuffs for more than 38 minutes in ...

A 12-year-old girl was put in metal handcuffs and taken to a police station for doodling with an erasable marker on her school desk in New York, it was revealed on Friday. Alexa Gonzalez, a seventh ...

Austin Jenkins reports on a controversy over the use of metal handcuffs on disruptive students in the schools of Kent County in Washington state. The school board has approved continuing the use of ...

Handcuffs may soon become kinder and gentler in New York City-- at least for unruly children. Police say they are considering using fabric fasteners for wayward youth at public schools. Police ...

The 7-year-old boy was led away by police after allegedly attacking a teacher. — -- A 7-year-old boy emerged from a Miami-Dade Schools police car's back seat on Friday afternoon in metal ...

This magnet fishing trip turned wild when we pulled up what appeared to be police-style gear, including old handcuffs and a ...