Restraining violent, drugged abusive members if the public

In another life I worked in a psychiatric hospital. During the odd ruckus we always tried to talk them down first. If that didn't work we were taught to restrain them by holding firmly onto their limbs - arms or legs, never the neck.
If all else failed the charge nurse would get a needle prepared with a tranquiliser (something they were already on) and they'd get a quick jab in the backside.
It was another world.

I wonder if this can be treated as anything more than a rhetorical question? Without training in unarmed combat/restraint/ defensive action I very much doubt any of us is in a position to tell anybody anything. (Not that it will stop anybody )

Totally agree with you nanna58.

I’m not sure about the point of this thread, but as the mother of a police officer( DD ) this is something I do worry about so I don’t like the sarcastic answer you gave either Maisie D !

They are trained in safe restraint methods. They don’t need ideas from armchair police.

Why do you need ideas, are you planning on having a go?

I hear tasers are very effective.

How about kneeling on their neck until they're dead?

What exactly is the point of this thread?