The KCPD uses pink handcuffs

By NADIA PFLAUM

A friend of mine was recently arrested. It’s a long story, and he was telling it over beers in a friend’s backyard. While my friend was briefly detained at the Kansas City Police Department headquarters, he was handcuffed. And the handcuffs were pink.

“Pink? Seriously?” I asked.

“Pink,” he said again.

Later, I called Captain Rich Lockhart, the KCPD spokesman, and asked about pink handcuffs. He sounded appropriately skeptical, but promised to ask around. He called me back several days later.