well the officers had the privilege of arresting this geezer. they could presumably make an assessment of whether he was ill/devoid of faculties or merely buggering them about and being uncooperative. Something which you can't. And have you ever done the job?

probably on a busy night with the phone jumping off the wall with complaints from the public being inconvenienced by other people suffering from the results of the nation's favourite drug of choice.

anyway - say what you want about the armlock - it seemed to concentrate his attention.