Police Restraints News & Articles

• Texas county LEOs use grant to equip officers with BolaWrap

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  The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, all five Montgomery County Constable Offices and the Montgomery County Fire Marshal's Office will now be equipped with the BolaWrap 150

• Detroit PD expands crisis intervention program for mental health operations

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  The changes include centralizing the Crisis Intervention Team and equipping CIT officers with less lethal weapons such as Bolawraps

• 5 keys for responding to excited delirium patients

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  Incident videos help responders identify the physical and behavioral cues of a severe behavioral emergency that may or may not have a criminal component

• LAPD extends BolaWrap pilot, deploys 500 devices to officers

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  Over 500 U.S. police agencies currently use the remote restraint devices

• Analysis: Vehicle-stowed firearms security

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  A recent incident where a prisoner slipped her cuffs and shot an AR-15 from inside a cruiser is a critical reminder of some basic safety tactics for LEOs

• 5 BolaWrap myths and facts for law enforcement officers

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  The restraint tool designed for de-escalation gives officers a new force avoidance option within the Use of Force Continuum

• Spotlight: WRAP Technologies' BolaWrap provides officers with safe, simple solution for de-escalation

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  The BolaWrap enables officers to restrain a subject from a distance of up to 25 feet using a 7.5-foot Kevlar cord launched from a small, handheld device

• Chief Don De Lucca on the BolaWrap

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  Find out how this remote restraint device can aid in safely restraining resistant subjects

• Expect trouble when the cuffs are out early

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  Accessed too early, the hand holding the handcuffs is useless until the arrestee is in a position of control

• 5 things to know about the BolaWRAP

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  This device is designed to give police officers a less-lethal option that isn't based on pain compliance

• Cuffs on, cuffs off

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  How to master the art of speedy handcuff application and removal

• ASP introduces tactical response kit for crowd control, riot response

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  The portable kit includes a turnkey restraint and baton system

• Why you need to be a control freak during prisoner transport

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  Vigilance at every step helps officers avoid complacency and ward off prisoner escapes or assaults

• How to disinfect your duty gear amid COVID-19 concerns

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  With lots of misinformation out there on how to prevent contamination of duty gear, here’s a resource that sets the record straight

• A cop's guide to the supplies you will want on patrol

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  While there is no one way to do the job, this is a list of basics for every cop on the street

• Why two is better than one

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  Just as officers should always have a backup plan, they should always have backup gear

• LAPD tests devices that use tethers to wrap suspects' bodies

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  The Batman-esque gadget is already in use in other Calif. counties

• Putting cuffs on a sleeping giant

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  I have a few sayings I teach my students regarding officer safety, and one of them is “let sleeping giants sleep”

• How to buy duty gear (eBook)

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  Download this Police1 duty gear buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• ASP’s Transport Kit wins 2019 Public Safety Product Innovation Award

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  The Transport Kit allows officers to safely restrain detainees or prisoners

• Minn. PD is first in state to test new restraint device

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  The BolaWrap 100 can immobilize individuals up to 25 feet away

• Inmate escapes cuffs, attempts to strangle Ind. CO in transport car

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  As Joshua Stam was being transported back to the prison, he freed himself from the handcuffs and attacked Officer David Weakley

• Video: Suspect escapes handcuffs, leads police on pursuit in stolen patrol car

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  While the two officers searched her belongings, Toscha Fay Sponsler escaped out of one of the handcuffs and crawled through the sliding partition

• Handcuffed suspect dead after shooting NM officer

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  The officer suffered bruising and facial injuries from badge shrapnel

• Sheriff: Escaped Ohio rape suspect kills self at family home

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  Authorities say Branden Lee Powell was in a crawl space and shot himself as officers were trying to persuade him to surrender

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