Bad Brunette Girl With Handcuffs

Somewhat recently, the Universal handcuff key was taken one step further, resulting in U.S. Patent # D454,774, a handcuff key which is readily accessible behind a police officer's breast badge. Invented by Michael Anthony Stahl, the device was licensed to the New York City Police Department in 2002. Stahl developed the key as a result of service as an Officer with Pinkerton's, Inc., in 1995, where supervision and transportation of work-release personnel was a daily occurrence. The device was updated to a simpler design in January, 2010, resulting in U.S. Patent # D607,305. It is known commonly as "The New York Tuning Fork", due to the shape and size of the key.
In the past, police officers typically handcuffed an arrested person with his or her hands in front, but since approximately the mid-1960s behind-the-back handcuffing has been the standard. The vast majority of police academies in the United States today also teach their recruits to apply handcuffs so that the palms of the suspect's hands face outward after the handcuffs are applied; the Jacksonville, Florida Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are notable exceptions, as they favor palms-together handcuffing. Also, suspects are handcuffed with the keyholes facing up (away from the hands) to make it difficult to open them even with a key or improvised lock-pick.