Wrap Announces Extension of LAPD BolaWrap Pilot Program
August 24 2022 - 9:05AM
Wrap Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WRAP) (the
“Company”), a global leader in innovative public safety
technologies and services, today announced that the next deployment
phase of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) BolaWrap Pilot
program has now moved into a large-scale field deployment with
(500) BolaWrap 150 devices in two important City of Los Angeles
divisions.
LAPD conducted their BolaWrap 150 instructor training in April
2022, with field officer training taking place in May 2022. Full
deployment of the (500) new BolaWrap 150 devices to their Hollywood
and Central divisions has begun. The trained officers will take
their new devices into service providing enhanced remote restraint
tools that will empower them to de-escalate certain situations and
safely take subjects into custody.
“Our team is excited to join the LAPD in this next step in their
pilot program of the BolaWrap 150 force avoidance tool,” said Wrap
CEO, TJ Kennedy. “We believe the large deployment of the BolaWrap
150 devices in these two prominent Los Angeles divisions will
support successful outcomes for the LAPD. We are proud to partner
with the LAPD in their journey for safer community policing that
implements innovative technologies around the avoidance of
force.”
LAPD Assistant Chief Dominic Choi said, “We are looking forward
to deploying the new BolaWrap 150 force avoidance tool in the field
during this pilot program. This is an opportunity for the LAPD to
provide officers with an alternative instrument to
safely de-escalate challenging situations and bring subjects
into custody without having to use force.”
About LAPDThe Los Angeles Police Department is
one of the largest and most innovative law enforcement agencies in
the world. It is responsible for providing police service to an
area encompassing 468 square miles and 21 community areas,
representing approximately over 4 million residents as of 2022. To
learn more about LAPD,
visit https://www.lapdonline.org/.
About WrapWrap Technologies (Nasdaq: WRAP) is a
global leader in innovative public safety technologies and
services. Wrap develops creative solutions to complex issues and
empowers public safety officials to protect and serve their
communities through its portfolio of advanced technology and
training solutions. Wrap’s BolaWrap® Remote Restraint device
is a patented, hand-held pre-escalation and apprehension tool that
discharges a Kevlar® tether to temporarily restrain uncooperative
suspects and persons in crisis from a distance. Through its many
field uses and growing adoption by agencies across the globe,
BolaWrap is proving to be an effective tool to help law enforcement
safely detain persons without injury or the need to use higher
levels of force. Wrap Reality, the Company’s virtual reality
training system, is a fully immersive training simulator and
comprehensive public safety training platform providing first
responders with the discipline and practice in methods of
de-escalation, conflict resolution, and use-of-force to better
perform in the field. Wrap’s headquarters are in Tempe, Arizona.
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