Here's A Simple Hack To Escape Handcuffs

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Jason Hanson is a former CIA officer and the New York Times bestselling author of "Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life." His company trains celebrities, high-net-worth individuals, and everyday Americans in escape and evasion, hand-to-hand self-defense, evasive driving, firearms, home defense, and more.

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[dfdemt]

Police officer here. Handcuffs are easy to pick, as shown here….unless they’re double locked. That requires additional skill and the technique shown here will not work if they are double locked. Any police officer with 10 minutes of handcuff training knows to always double lock the cuffs once they’re put on someone.

[alancranford]

I was trained to use handcuffs when I began working as a security guard. Thanks--learning to get out of my own handcuffs might just save my life.

[adrenalinestairz]

Been watching your videos for a while now and always learning something new. I was 12 when I had an incident that I was attacked. Something didn't feel right about the situation but I ignored my gut feeling. I was attacked by someone out of impulse I fought back. The guy that attacked me blurted out "you're too much trouble" which told me everything I needed to know.
Back when I was working as a pizza delivery driver I was making a delivery and when I got there something felt off I had a strong gut feeling so I called the customer the number was no longer in service. So I left and called the pizza place my work and explained to my boss I feel unsafe making the delivery. I didn't make the delivery.
Since listening to my gut I have been able to avoid danger.
It's still good to know what to do if in a dangerous situation. I also role play what I would do if someone was in a car with a gun demanding that I go with them or if I was ever in a hostage situation. I like to think ahead of time and have some ideas on how I can stay alive. I hope and pray that I'm never in those situations.

[canadafree]

Proper training: 1. Always make sure you have the key to the cuffs and that the cuff works. Even universal keys have been known not to work in some cuffs, this is a fault usually with no-name keys. Stay away from no-name cuffs too; you want S&W-Peerless-ASP. 2. Always make sure you have a buddy in the room with you that can get the cuffs off you. If you don't double lock them, they can get so tight to damage your nerves, should you fail to release the cuffs on your own, your buddy can before nerve damage occurs. 3. Work on the technique without wearing the cuffs. 4. Got the method down? Good, now try it with just one cuff on one wrist. 5. Succeeded? Great, now both cuffs on from the front and work on that many times. 6. Put them behind your back and work on that many times. Yes, all criminals know to cuff the person behind the back, as they have all been cuffed that way.

[nathanrish]

Dear Jason, thanks for a very good presentation. There is however another way to beat handcuffs. I have
been both a prison chaplain and later a guard. They outlawed Bic cigarette lighters because if one were to
throw it down and bust it open. Then the fuel tube (like a narrow straw) and put a cut on the end of it about
an eighth of an inch from the end with a razor blade...one has a make shift handcuff key. In short, the little
plastic burr that sticks out does make a really works handcuff key for the do not need to be handcuffed.
Citizen of Florida where one can get most anything for home defense. Best Regards JE

[mattbartlett]

Good information. As an avid lock picker I will say that handcuffs are embarrassingly easy to open with all kinds of makeshift tools EVEN IF DOUBLE LOCKED! That being said, a good LEO will handcuff you behind your back with your palms facing outward so you can’t access the mechanisms in the cuffs.

[blackjaguar]

A close up of how this is being done exactly would've been appreciated.

[DS-ewsp]

My escape devices are sewn into my belt loops front and back. Also into pant cuffs (usually just one). Double locks are easy to defeat as well but you need to take an additional step.

[JGKingCrusher]

Wish you had used pictures for us video watchers to see better. Love your videos!

[davidguymon]

I love how you tell people that if they committed a crime that they shouldn't use this tactic as if a criminal is going to listen to you.

[RyanO]

Wouldn't it make more sense to just hide an actual handcuff key on your person...

[Puffster]

I read a book on Houdini methods of escaping handcuffs and there is a method you can do without a pick. I have used this in back of a squad car as a teenager and they had no idea :) Since I wasn’t planning to escape since I wasn’t committing a crime but detained I put them back on. Works with all cuffs locked or not. Secret: As they put the cuffs on make micro adjustments so the cuffs are placed higher on the wrists. That creates enough space to squeeze out of them. It does work because I did it in a real scenario lol!

[biknjak]

Paper clips work in a pinch, too. But as a previous commenter mentioned, step 2 (shimming) only works if the cuffs weren't double locked, or if you've defeated the double lock.

[Desperado]

Would think that the kid who was not fleeing or resisting arrest, would have a pretty good excessive force, police brutality case .

[MarcoPolo-zczo]

Always enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting.

[pyyhkala]

I’m also curious with regard to the story about the Chicago PD if the gentleman could file litigation against the city. I mean they could certainly press additional charges but they should not be able to get away with beating him up. Also, it seems like an excessive reaction.

[armyranger]

Now try that with double locked handcuffs and the key hole away from the hands. The ratchet bar in handcuffs (the internal part with the teeth) is spring loaded and designed to move as the arm of the handcuff (the part you can see with the teeth on it) is pushed into the slot holding the ratchet bar. When the cuffs are double locked, the ratchet bar is locked in place and can't be pried away. Double locking handcuffs with the key holes up, palms facing outward and hands behind the back is taught in every law enforcement academy in the country. Basically, the only way to open double locked handcuffs is with a key or an improvised key. Even that is hard to do if the key holes are up, the palms are facing outward and the hands are behind the back.

[abkeener]

Bobby pins and barrettes are metal. Won't this set off the TSA alarms? How do I handle that?

[MarieFowler-prmb]

Please show big close ups of the implements at various stages.

[techwg]

There are 2 primary styles of keyway and mechanism. Smith & Wesson and Peerless. Many handcuffs out there but majority fall into those two categories. Your tips won't with with Peerless. Peerless is another extremely popular brand of handcuffs in the world. I highly advise you to teach both styles to give people the best chance of escape. Picking peerless keyways is a bit different and the bobby pin needs to be thin enough to fit all around the keypost, not just the larger keyflag open area. Also making a TOOOL Ultimate handcuff key is a really nice emergency key to secret on your person. There's vids on youtube on how to modify a S&W key into being a TOOOL one which can even open some high security handcuffs like Chicago X22 and ASP Blue.