With 49 people killed last year after being shocked by Tasers, police department...
LOS ANGELES - With 49 people killed last year after being shocked by Tasers, police departments across the United States are trying out a “Spider-Man”-like device that fires a tether that entangles and restrains the suspect.
“Whether it is a Taser, pepper spray, baton ... there’s been this gap created by the courts requiring that a higher level of force be used at the appropriate time,” said Tom Smith, president of Wrap Industries, which manufactures the Bolawrap device. The Bolawrap is a little bit larger than a cell phone and designed to fit easily onto a police belt. The synthetic fiber tether exits the device at about 640 feet per second “And that is... you won’t see it,” Smith said.
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