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 The word "Handcuffs" was once spelled
"handcops," and that spelling came from
the Old English word "cops," meaning
"chain or shackle." This is appropriate
since the earliest restraints used on criminals
were chains and shackles. Today's handcuffs
typically consist of two rings with ratchet
devices that lock each ring on its respective
wrist. |
 The
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police was organized
in 1873 as a force of 300 men to bring order to
the prairie region of the Northwest Territory.
The effectiveness of this organization was proved
by the quiet and orderly fashion in which
Canada's west became a part of the nation. |
 Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan
Police Service, which is responsible for policing
Greater London (but not the City of London
itself). It originally stood on the site of a
palace that belonged to the King of Scotland,
hence its name. |
