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It's at the arresting officers discretion to use handcuffs and how you are cuffed in front or in back of your body. But they are instructed to use them all the time,

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Q: If you are arrested do you always have to be in handcuffs?
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What are handcuffs?

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Will you get arrested with a warrant out if your working?

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