Plastic handcuffs

Policeman carrying plastic handcuffs
American marine flexicuffs a suspected insurgent in Iraq
A file of flex-cuffed prisoners of war being forcibly marched

Plastic handcuffs (also called PlastiCuffs, FlexiCuffs, zip cuffs, flex cuffs or Double Cuffs) are a form of physical restraint for the hands made of plastic straps. They function as handcuffs but are cheaper and easier to carry than metal handcuffs, and they cannot be reused. The device was first introduced in 1965.[1]

  1. ^ Craig Meissner (1 December 2002). "Ties That Bind". Policemag.com. Retrieved 2015-03-24.