Peel Regional Police are defending their move to throw the cuffs on a 6-year-old student at a Mississauga school back in September.
According to police, the girl was acting violently: punching, hitting, biting and spitting.
"The interaction as a whole, lasted about 30 minutes and the police did spend a significant amount of time trying to de-escalate before having to restrain the child." says Sgt Josh Colley from Peel Regional Police.
He says there was never a report that the child was injured, or a complaint brought forward by the family.
But Danardo Jones, a lawyer for the girl's family questions how much of a threat a child of 48 lbs could really be.
"There was no other students around. She was flanked by adults and two police officers. Adults who were trained in de-escalation methods for children her age and also police officers who were ostensibly trained to deal with folks in crisis," Jones tells NEWSTALK 1010's Moore in the Morning.
Jones feels school staff should have handled the matter rather than calling in police.
"To employ devices that we use for suspected criminals or criminals I think is problematic."