ID: Photo of a Bola Wrap restraining device.
Detroit is equipping more of its police precincts with lasso-like restraints to defuse high-risk encounters. BolaWrap — which shoots out a wiry tether with barbed ends that wrap around a person’s body to restrict their movement — was originally purchased to help de-escalate the thousands of calls a year that the department receives related to mental health incidents. Despite low usage — two deployments since April 2023 — BolaWrap devices will be available to trained supervisor scout cars citywide.
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