SOUTH BEND — “Wrap, wrap, wrap,” South Bend Police Officer Brian Meador yelled out before deploying the department's new non-lethal restraining device, the BolaWrap, on a volunteer. Two ends of a cord ...
May 22—PLATTSBURGH — It's billed as akin to "remote handcuffs." Multiple local police departments attended a training this week on the BolaWrap, "a hand-held remote restraint device that discharges an ...
RACINE -- Kenosha police are using a new tool right from Batman's belt -- a new device meant to provide law enforcement agencies an alternative when responding to mental health calls. The device, ...
On Tuesday, BolaWrap released bodycam video touting the first use of its tether-shooting device in the company’s own hometown of Tempe. The Nasdaq-listed company, whose president is the founder and ...
Although Tasers are an effective alternative to the use of lethal force by police officers, getting shot by one is still quite a painful and potentially harmful experience. That's where the BolaWrap ...
DENVER (KDVR) — A Loveland police officer used a BolaWrap to stop a fleeing suspect, according to a post on X from the Loveland Police Department. Bolas are not a new tool, and have dated back ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — The South Bend Police Department is adopting a new non-lethal device to restrain people who pose a threat to others. It's called “BolaWrap.” Officials say this is just ...
The new device is called the BolaWrap. Police departments across the United States could have another gadget to add to their repertory: a Spider-Man-like device that fires a tether that can entangle ...
The Buffalo Police Department in New York has deployed BolaWrap for the first time, using the restraint tool last week to subdue a woman during a mental health call. On Friday, officers responded to a ...
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A GUNSHOT, BUT IT'S FAR FROM LETHAL. THE BOLAWRAP WAS DEVELOPED TO SAFELY RESTRAIN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MENTAL CRISIS WHILE MAINTAINING A SAFE DISTANCE. >> ...