Cops Are Getting Free High-Tech Lassos to Use on Suspects by Sharing Their Body Camera Footage
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Cops are handing over body camera footage and testimonials to Wrap Technologies to help the security firm market its controversial high-tech lasso, the BolaWrap, to other police departments, the Daily Dot reports. In some instances, Wrap purportedly sweetened the deal by offering a free device to departments that shared footage. The BolaWrap, which Wrap markets to police as a de-escalation tool, uses gunpowder to explosively discharge an eight-foot Kevlar tether with barbed metal hooks. It’s designed to restrain “uncooperative suspects or nonresponsive persons” from afar, between a range of 10 to 25 feet, according to Wrap’s website.
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