Rule 38 Physical restraint
(1)
No trainee shall be physically restrained save where necessary for the purpose of preventing him from—
(a)
escaping from custody;
(b)
injuring himself or others;
(c)
damaging property; or
(d)
inciting another trainee to do anything specified in paragraph (b) or (c) above,
and then only where no alternative method of preventing the event specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above is available.
(2)
No trainee shall be physically restrained under this rule except in accordance with methods approved by the Secretary of State and by an officer who has undergone a course of training which is so approved.
(3)
Particulars of every occasion on which a trainee is physically restrained under this rule shall be recorded within 12 hours of its occurrence.