Relevant regulations: Regulations on the Use of Police Equipment and Weapons in People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 8 The people's police shall perform the following tasks according to law. Criminals may escape, kill, commit suicide, self-harm or commit other dangerous acts, and they may use binding police equipment such as handcuffs, shackles and police ropes:
(1) Capturing criminals or major criminal suspects;
(2) To execute arrest, detention, custody, escort, interrogation, compulsory summons and compulsory summons;
(3) Other circumstances in which police equipment can be used as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.
The people's police shall use police equipment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph and shall not intentionally cause personal injury.
Fourteenth people's police illegal use of police equipment and weapons, causing undue casualties and property losses, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law; If it does not constitute a crime, it shall be given administrative sanctions according to law; In case of casualties or property losses, the organs subordinate to the people's police shall make compensation in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Compensation Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 15 If the people's police use police equipment and weapons according to law, causing innocent casualties or property losses, the organs subordinate to the people's police shall make compensation in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Compensation Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).