Quote Originally Posted by nice gaijin
searching and handcuffing a suspect (after arrest) is a precautionary act to prevent unpredictable violent behavior, for the suspect's and officer's welfare.
I guess it is necessary in such a violent society as the US, where anybody can carry a firearm. Here the police only bodysearch or handcuffs people who they know are armed because they have just shot someone - and it is so rare that I have never seen it, apart maybe once or twice on TV (in all my life).