Police Projectiles and Launchers News & Articles

• 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

• Law enforcement firearms developer FN America releases new less lethal launcher

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  FN says the new model has improved service life and accuracy

• In defense of the 12-gauge bean bag round

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  The 12-gauge bean bag is an extended range impact projectile system that has been proven safe and effective in numerous police officer/suspect encounters

• Impact projectiles: Shot placement in death and injury prevention

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  The single most critical aspect of safe and effective use of impact projectiles — shot placement — continues to be misunderstood by police trainers

• Tactical Tools: Compliance & incapacitation munitions

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  With the multitude of less lethal tools such as bean bag rounds available to SWAT, it can be difficult to determine how many different options a team needs

• Mitigating the danger of bean bags and other impact rounds

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  The answer is found not in the bean bag rounds themselves, but in the manner in which they are used

• How to buy less lethal

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  Less lethal weapons like bean bag shotguns have changed the way law enforcers respond to potential threats

• How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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  Download this Police1 less lethal products buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• 16 police tactics for crowd control during modern demonstrations

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  Police departments must prepare to use proven team tactics for crowd control to ensure demonstrations remain peaceful and lawful assemblies

• IACP 2012: How police and firefighters can SWARM

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  During the past two years, the Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series (JCTAWS) Project has been conducting tabletop exercises in selected urban areas

• NYC cops skim for bombs using drone submarines

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  The New York Police Department's Harbor Unit is relying more on unmanned submarine drones to detect explosives, narcotics

• Combustion-powered less lethal weapon coming soon

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  The Lund Variable Velocity Weapon will enable an operator to dial up from 200 fps to 450 fps in an array of existing projectiles

• Less Lethal with a Laser: The PepperBall SA-4 Launcher

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  New PepperBall offers laser guidance and portability

• December Product Roundup: Less Lethal

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  Police1 is focusing on news, products and information about Police Less Lethal force options, such as TASERs, sprays and aerosols, batons and projectiles for the month of December 2009. Check out t...

• How to buy projectiles and launchers

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  At the high end of less-lethal force options are weapons whose primary function is to deliver kinetic energy. There are a lot of options, so reading up on what will fit your needs is absolutely ess...

• The Use of Less Lethal Weapons in Corrections, Part 5 — Impact Weapons

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  At the high end of less lethal force options are weapons whose primary function is to deliver kinetic energy. The problem with these weapons and munitions is that there are almost too many to choos...

• Public order management 101: Chemical munitions

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  An interesting and somewhat unique part of Northern Ireland's past troubles involved the arrival of the summer marching season. The vast majority of the world enjoys a parade, but in "The North" th...

• Calif. police laud added power of new PepperBall gun

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  Less lethal weapon used recent arrest By Mark ArnerSan Diego Union-Tribune NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — The small, busy National City Police Department was the first in the nation to use a new, more pow...

• Tragedy in Boston: The impact projectile death of Victoria Snelgrove

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  As most police agencies with a major league or Division I athletic program know, the potential for sports related public disorder cannot be ignored. Thankfully, the statistical probability of a rio...

• Boston PD replaces unit command staff following pepper spray settlement

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  The Associated Press BOSTON — An elite police unit that shot pepper-spray pellets at revelers after a Red Sox win last fall has replaced a quarter of its officers, including the entire command staf...

• PepperBall gives officers a new option

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  By Joe NelsonSan Bernardino Sun Officer Francisco Velasquez eyes the laser scope of a PepperBall gun outside the Beaumont, Calif. Police Department. He maneuvers the red dot produced from the scope...

• Ind. police get pepperball guns; Offers less-lethal alternative in the field

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  By Barry William WalshMarion Chronicle Tribune (Indiana) Housed in the firing range at the Marion Police Department is a weapon that at first glance appears to be nothing more than a high-end paint...

• Understanding less lethal combat shooting: Lessons learned from Boston's FN303 incident

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  By Senior Team Leader Joseph Garcia Recently, the law enforcement community was rocked by the sudden death of a young protester who was killed when she was accidentally shot in the eye with a less-...

• The Boston Incident: Understanding non-lethal technology

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  When reviewing the Boston incident we want to focus on two important issues: one of being able to educate the media in the language used in explaining the specific incident, and the second, focus o...

• Boston probe into fan death to look at police mistakes, training, product failure

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  Statement of Support For Less-Lethal Options from Police1 In the last several months, events involving less-lethal projectiles and electronic devices have put these force options under intense scru...

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