ENCINITASENCINITAS — For most of his life, locks and keys have had a hold on Mark Lyons’ heart. He’s run a North County locksmith business for decades and he’s a safecracker-on-call for local law ...

A frightened 11-year-old New York girl broke into tears when upstate deputies placed her in handcuffs for several minutes after mistaking her for a car thief, footage of the mixup shows. The girl was ...

Police across France threw away their handcuffs on Thursday and Friday to protest a new ban on chokeholds and neck restraint. In Rennes, police locked their cuffs to the fence outside the prefecture.

A New York woman died in police custody at the Phoenix airport Friday after she was handcuffed behind her back and arrested for disorderly conduct. About 10 minutes after leaving the woman in a ...

HOLLADAY, Utah — A Utah woman was keeping her grandkids entertained Tuesday when she learned — a little too late — that the handcuffs they were playing with were not a toy version. Denise Damron, who ...

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The Federal Bureau of Investigation is special-ordering a pair of “tiny handcuffs,” an F.B.I. spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. The spokesman, Harland Dorrinson, ...

At the start of 2019, the Seattle Police Department began phasing out its old steel handcuffs with newer versions. The main difference — the new ones are “more comfortable.” “They are just regular ...