BolaWrap® Safely Restrains Suicidal Subject in Florida: Police Bodycam Footage Released
21 September 2020 - 10:24PM
Wrap Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or
“Wrap”) (Nasdaq: WRTC) reported a successful deployment of
the BolaWrap by St. Cloud Police Department in Florida. The
encounter was captured on an officer’s body-worn camera and can be
viewed via the link below.
According to the St. Cloud Police Department, on
September 12, 2020, St. Cloud Police Department officers responded
to a call in reference to an adult male (the “subject”) apparently
suffering with a mental health crisis. Information provided to the
responding officers was that the subject wanted to commit “suicide
by cop.” Officers located the subject who was standing with his
mother and brother in the driveway of a nearby residence.
The subject’s family advised responding officers
that the subject had recently dealt with a relationship breakup
that caused him to disdain law enforcement. The subject’s mother
also informed police officers that he wanted to be killed by law
enforcement.
The responding officers worked to de-escalate the
situation by attempting to engage him in dialogue. It was obvious
to the officers that he was distraught, mentally unstable and
uncooperative. The officers implemented a tactical plan to restrict
the subject’s mobility through the use of the BolaWrap Remote
Restraint device and deployed the BolaWrap around the subject’s
legs. As evident by the body camera footage, the deployment
surprised and distracted the subject, allowing the officers the
tactical advantage to safely approach the subject without injuring
him or themselves. The subject was then transported to a mental
health facility for evaluation.
“We are very pleased with our officer’s usage of
the BolaWrap in this scenario, and we are very impressed with its
effectiveness in the field,” said Captain Ed Mateo of St. Cloud
Police Department. “The most important thing is that the subject
was able to be taken into custody without injury to himself or to
the officers. Not only did we not have to call EMS, we were able to
transport the subject to get evaluated at a mental health facility
and my officers were able to get right back into the field.”
More than 220 agencies across the United States
have BolaWrap Remote Restraint devices, and it has been
successfully deployed to safely restrain subjects in Los Angeles,
Sacramento, Fresno, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, West Palm Beach, Fort
Worth and others.
Mike Rothans, Chief Strategy Officer at Wrap
Technologies, commented, “Law enforcement often encounter people in
crisis intent on hurting themselves. In years past, the only
devices available to police officers were pain compliance tools.
With the BolaWrap, officers are discovering a better way to deal
with people in crisis. One of the many applications of BolaWrap is
to help de-escalate an encounter where someone may simply need
mental health treatment, rather than pain and possibly a trip to
the emergency room.”
Footage from the body-worn camera can be viewed
here.
About Wrap
Technologies (Nasdaq: WRTC)Wrap
Technologies is an innovator of modern policing solutions. The
Company’s BolaWrap 100 product is a patented, hand-held remote
restraint device that discharges an eight-foot bola style Kevlar®
tether to restrain an individual at a distance from 10 to 25 feet.
Developed by award winning inventor Elwood Norris, the Company’s
Chief Technology Officer, the small but powerful BolaWrap 100
assists law enforcement in safely and effectively deescalating
encounters, especially those involving an individual in crisis.
BolaWrap 100 has already been used to safely apprehend suspects
without injury in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Fresno, Bell,
Albuquerque, Minneapolis, West Palm Beach, Fort Worth, LaGrange,
St. Cloud and Oak Ridge. For information on the Company, please
visit www.wraptechnologies.com.
Trademark Information: BolaWrap and Wrap
are trademarks of Wrap Technologies, Inc. All other
trade names used herein are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of the respective holders.
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WRAP TECHNOLOGIES CONTACT:Paul M. ManleyVP –
Investor Relations612-834-1804pmanley@wraptechnologies.com
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