More Than A Dozen Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies Begin Using Lasso-Like BolaWrap As De-Escalation Tactic By Rick Sallinger DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — More than a dozen different Colorado law enforement agencies have purchased a device meant to detain, not harm suspects. BolaWrap is a non-lethal apprehension tool that can restrain people from a safe distance. It’s designed to not look like a gun, It fires off a kevlar cord which then wraps itself around the subject’s arms, legs or both. It’s classified as a “less lethal” device. While it sounds like a gunshot when it fires, it’s actually just a blank charge meant to stun. Sometimes the suspects think they’ve been shot.