LAPD Chief Michel Moore gets lassoed by new restraint device that will soon hit the streets

LAPD Chief Michel Moore demonstrates the BolaWrap 100, a new restraint device that police will begin using next month.

Standing before 20 cameras, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore stood motionless as a sergeant pointed a laser at the chief’s leg to demonstrate a new gadget that will hit the streets next month.

The device resembles a gadget on a superhero’s utility belt and will soon be in the hands of several hundred officers to help detain individuals without using force. The Times reported last week that the Los Angeles Police DepartmentMoore volunteered to be lassoed to show the devices cause minimal, if any, pain when it’s fired at combative people.“This is meant to keep us from going hands on,” Moore said about situations in which officers would use the device.

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