I get these police videos on TikTok. There are some jerk cops on there but most of them are just cops trying to do their job.
Some of the suspects on there are seen sitting in the back of the cop car hand cuffed and screaming at the top of their lungs. I’m talking ear piercing screens.
It seems to me like a safety hazard for the poor cop just trying to transport these people to jail.
I get that advocating for muzzles for cops sounds really bad. Especially in this day and age. But at the same time I kind of feel like it’s needed.
After a bit of googling I see that the sirens have been modified over the years to reduce the volume inside the cabin, so you’re probably right.
To your question though, stopping a person from screaming means gagging them. There’s no humane way to do that to a struggling human. You’d see a lot of broken teeth and jaws. Lots of choking and even asphyxiation from people who can’t breathe through their noses and can’t communicate that fact because they’re gagged.
I’ve seen videos of cops using a hood on a handcuffed perpetrator who tries to spit on or bite a police officer, which is fortunately a fairly rare occurrence, according to my daughter who was a cop. Under those circumstances it’s completely appropriate and I don’t have a problem with it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone actually muzzled like you would muzzle a dog, although it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s been used on particularly uncooperative perps.
A muzzle just covering their face wouldn’t stop someone from screaming unless they couldn’t open their mouth or were gagged.
Cops do sometimes use spit hoods when suspects start spitting, I’ve seen that many times watching On Patrol Live, but they’d still be able to make sounds through it. Perhaps it may dampen the noise a bit at least.
I’m skeptical a prisoner (or newborn infant airline seatmate) can scream loud enough to cause lasting damage, no actual split ears. But, like the baby, they could cause some discomfort at times. Unlike the baby, we’ll talk about it in the sallyport.
The siren wouldn’t be on during transport to booking/jail.
After some time on the job officers just blot out the screaming and yelling. It eventually becomes second nature. The drive to the booking location isn’t usually very long anyway.
It’s the officers that work in the booking room that are exposed to it the most. Arrestees can sit in holding cells for hours awaiting bail or transport to the actual jail.
One time when I was in the Er the patient in the bay next to me kept screaming and cursing, It didn’t seem to be because he was in pain, judging from what he was saying (he wasn’t calling for drugs or for a nurse to help him). I found myself wishing there was some way to muzzle him.
