Police departments are using the BolaWrap to take down suspects without inflicting pain

The city of Philadelphia is looking at getting police officers a new tool for taking down suspects. It's called the BolaWrap, it's nonlethal, and it's a device a little bigger than a smartphone that shoots a Kevlar cord with weighted hooks on both ends. So how does it work exactly? And why have police departments started looking at distributing the device to police officers? Tom Smith, President and Interim CEO of Wrap Technologies joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to break down what the BolaWrap does and how it's different from other nonlethal tools cops have right now, like Tasers.

You can find more information about the BolaWrap from KYW's Newsradio's crime and justice reporter Kristen Johanson here: https://www.radio.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/philly-police-consider-new-device-to-subdue-people-safely

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