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The city of Bell's chief of police Carlos Islas reacts after Wrap Technologies CEO Michael Rothans tests on him a new non-lethal weapon that discharges an 8 foot bola style Kevlar tether at 640 feet per second to entangle a subject, in Bell Police Department, California, Sept. 5, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
LOS ANGELES—With 49 people killed in 2018 after being shocked by Tasers, police departments across the United States are trying out a “Spider-Man”-like device that fires a tether that entangles and restrains the suspect.
Called Bolawrap, the device fires an eight-foot (2.4 meters) bola-style tether at a suspect to entangle his legs and prevent him from getting away. It works at a range of 10 to 25 feet (3-7.6 meters).
