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On Monday, May 10, and during National Police Week, officers with the Owego Police Department and other law enforcement officials were trained on how to deploy the BolaWrap – a hands free restraint utilized to prevent harm, while immobilizing an individual and ensuring safety. And according to Tyson Jones, a 25-year corrections officer conducting the BolaWrap training, part time, the device allows an officer to effectively restrain someone from a good distance.<\/p>\n

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Tyson Jones, 25-year corrections officer, conducts BolaWrap training in Owego. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

Jones arrived in Owego on Monday to train members of the police department on how to use the device, and with an intention for its use of keeping both the individual needing restraint, as well as the police, safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gives us another option that prevents injury and harm during a call,\u201d stated Joseph Kennedy, chief of the Owego Police Department.<\/p>\n

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From left, Rudy Parker, Owego Police Chief Joe Kennedy, and Tioga County Sheriff\u2019s CaptainShawn Nalepa attend BolaWrap training. The device is expected to be in use within a month. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Owego Police Department, which is made up of 18 full- and part-time officers, became interested in the BolaWrap a couple of years ago and was specifically interested in its use for mental health calls. According to Kennedy, the device is intended to immobilize individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives us another less lethal option,\u201d Kennedy added.<\/p>\n

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Instructors from BolaWrap provide a demonstration of the device. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

During Monday\u2019s training, about a dozen officers and others associated with law enforcement attended. Conducted by Jones and his associate, the training also offered a demonstration of the device.<\/p>\n

Held at the training facility on McMaster Street, participants gathered outside as one of the instructors served as the individual needing restraint, and while Jones deployed the device.<\/p>\n

Measuring in at the approximate size of a remote control, the device makes a loud noise similar to a gun when activated, and then deploys a Kevlar cord that wraps around the ankles or arms of the individual and is secured by hooks. The device can be deployed from a range of 10- to 25-feet.<\/p>\n

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Instructor Tyson Jones deploys the BolaWrap to the midsection of Bruce Holmstock as a restraint, and during a demonstration on Monday. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

The remote restraint, according to the manufacturers of BolaWrap, is to \u201csafely and humanely restrain resisting subjects from a distance without relying on pain to gain compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not another firearm,\u201d said Jones during the demonstration on Monday. The device, he added, is really about safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not hands on,\u201d said Kennedy. \u201cSo safety is the reason. We don\u2019t want to use force to subdue someone that needs help.\u201d<\/p>\n

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nstructor Tyson Jones deploys the BolaWrap to the midsection of Bruce Holmstock as a restraint, and during a demonstration on Monday. Here is a close up view of the Kevlar cord. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

With that in mind, the Owego Police Department has purchased two of the BolaWraps, and has three instructors that will train the force. Kennedy noted that the department should have them in use within a month. <\/p>\n

And the BolaWrap is growing in popularity as a new way to restrain an individual, safely. Jones added that this is the fourth training session they have held in New York so far, and that the device is growing in popularity. <\/p>\n

\u201cSince I\u2019ve been with this company it has been growing with interest in New York State and beyond,\u201d Jones added.<\/p>\n

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Instructor Tyson Jones safely removes the Kevlar cord that was deployed utilizing the BolaWrap device. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n

Irena Raia, Owego for Equality member and legislative candidate, was pleased to hear about the introduction of the BolaWrap as an effective tool for restraint by the Owego Police Department.<\/p>\n

“The potential impact this has for de-escalating violent police encounters is huge,\u201d said Raia.<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cOf critical importance is the message this sends to communities; an officer’s choice to use a BolaWrap first, instead of a physical restraint, taser or gun, ideally is showing that the officer has non-lethal intentions. This communicates a necessary shift in tone from police, at least locally, where the officer’s intent to preserve life and limit injury is made clear, and I want to commend Chief Kennedy and the Owego Police Department for adopting this less violent, and [less lethal] means to detain people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another tool in the box,\u201d added Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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