Less Lethal

While the cruiser was moving, the back seat officer fired bean bag rounds while another officer, who saw the suspect reach for a gun, discharged his weapon

The new devices have a greater range, which LAPD says could help officers more easily control uncooperative people and prevent the use of deadly force

The LAPD issued 150 BolaWraps to officers to be used during their regular shifts. Over the last year, the officers used the devices 15 times

BolaWrap can mitigate liability, enhance officer safety, minimize trauma and gain compliance without pain

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has become the first to adopt the new less-lethal option

Multiple rounds of evaluations helped zero in on appropriate less-lethal levels

Wrap Technologies’ BolaWrap enables officers to quickly restrain and gain compliance of non-compliant individuals with minimal risk of injury to the individual or officer

For officers facing combative subjects, it provides a new option that fills a key gap

Stop sacrificing the quality of your training

The agreement will remain in effect for two weeks; the injunction says officers can use pepper spray if protests turn violent

Brunswick Hills PD relies on this less-lethal tool to stay on the cutting edge of policing

Automated less-lethal technologies may relieve officers of their most difficult decisions

Officers hit suspect several times with bean bag rounds and used a TASER twice but they did not have any effect

Suspect struck in head with butt of shotgun while reaching for what was later determined to be a replica gun

Officers repeatedly ordered the man to drop the knives, but he instead told officers "let me show you how fast I am"