Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SOUTH BEND — “Wrap, wrap, wrap,” South Bend Police Officer Brian Meador yelled out before deploying the department's new ...

SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Police Department recently adopted a new policing tool, the BolaWrap, which offers law enforcement a way to restrain subjects without pain compliance — that is, the use of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The United States at large is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Unfortunately, police departments across the country are often underfunded and under-equipped to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield Police are looking to increase their supply of nonlethal restraining devices that would help officers control unruly individuals. Springfield Mayor Domenic ...

The Los Angeles Police Department is still exploring ways to arm its officers with the BolaWrap — a handheld device firing a lasso-like cord designed to wrap around a person’s legs — more than three ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco police may consider utilizing a new tool that's described as 'flying handcuffs.' It's a remote-restraint device known as the BolaWrap designed to be a non-lethal ...

LEE COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — A restraint tool designed for de-escalation is giving law enforcement personnel a new force-avoidance option. Several members of the Lee County Sheriff's Office took part in a ...

Officers patrolling the Los Angeles Metro transit system will not be issued a lasso-type weapon anytime soon, officials confirmed this week. The BolaWrap, a nonlethal device meant to bind a person ...

Inspired by Argentinian bolas, thus the name, the BolaWrap 150 is a yellow and black handheld device that resembles the size and look of a stud finder. Bolas, by the way, are a throwing weapon with a ...