Officers Test New, Less Lethal ‘BolaWrap’ Hand-Held Remote Device

By Tactical-Life

LEOs need as many options as possible to help restrain suspects, which is why officers from about half a dozen suburban police departments descended on a range at the Buffalo Grove Police Department to test out an interesting new piece of tech called the BolaWrap.

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What Is The BolaWrap?

Developed by a Vegas-based company called Wrap Technologies, the official product listing for the BolaWrap describes it as a “hand-held remote restraint device that discharges an eight-foot bola style Kevlar tether to entangle an individual at a range of 10-25 feet.” The kevlar tether also contains small hooks at the end of each side that latch onto and contain a suspect.

In addition, the device is meant to be used by an officer’s support hand; it also allows for fast reload of cartridges, so one device can be used multiple times in an encounter.

“I think it’s just another tool in the toolbox for officers when they’re confronting perhaps a mentally ill person or a subject who wants to commit suicide. This might be a tool to help the officer control the subject,” Steve Casstevens, Buffalo Grove Police Chief, …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life