After a year where the spotlight has been on policing nationwide, City of Miami Police are introducing a new tool to keep the community safe before any use of excessive force is necessary.
Cops Are Now Using an Electric Lasso on People
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In an apparent effort to kill fewer people, police departments across the country are investing in what is basically an electronic lasso designed to automatically restrain suspects without cops having to electrocute or shoot them.
As recently noted by Motherboard, the BolaWrap Remote Restraint device looks a lot like a taser and functions, more or less, like something from a James Bond film. It uses gunpowder to explosively discharge an eight-foot “Kevlar tether” designed to fly through the air and ensnare a suspect with barbed restraints. Also referred to as “remote handcuffs,” it allegedly works at a distance of 10 to 25 feet and is meant to be used on suspects who are “non-compliant.” A user’s manual for the police department in West Plains, Missouri, provides a lot of details on how the device is ostensibly supposed to be used.
In an apparent effort to kill fewer people, police departments across the country are investing in the BolaWrap Remote Restraint device basically an electronic lasso designed to automatically restrain suspects without cops having to electrocute or shoot them.