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Wrap Technologies (Nasdaq: WRAP) is a global leader in innovative public safety technologies and services. We develop creative solutions to complex issues and empower public safety officials to safely protect and effectively serve their communities through our portfolio of advanced technology and superior training solutions.

Wrap’s BolaWrap® Remote Restraint device is a patented, hand-held pre-escalation and remote restraint device that discharges a Kevlar® tether to temporarily restrain uncooperative suspects and persons in crisis from a distance. Through its many field uses and growing adoption by agencies across the globe, BolaWrap is proving to be an effective tool to safely detain persons without injury or the need to use higher levels of force.

Wrap Reality, the Company’s virtual reality training system, is a fully immersive training simulator and comprehensive public safety training platform providing first responders with the discipline and practice in methods of de-escalation, conflict resolution, and use-of-force to better perform in the field.

Wrap’s headquarters are in Tempe, Arizona.

WRAP Technologies is a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the stock symbol WRAP, with almost $10 million raised as of 2023 and a market cap of ~$250 million.

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When encountering a subject who must be detained, officers are faced with the daunting task of de-escalating the situation (according to De-escalation Techniques, de-escalation is the act of moving from a state of high tension to a state of reduced tension) and taking the subject into custody without injury to the subject, the officer, or bystanders.

In general, the amount of resistance an officer faces from a noncompliant subject will determine the amount of force the officer will be allowed to use in order to achieve compliance from the subject.

According to the National Institute of Justice, use of force can be defined as the “amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject”. The various levels of force that an officer can use is referred to as the Use of Force Continuum.

Verbal commands exist on the very low end of the Use of Force Continuum, while the use of deadly force exists on the very high end.

BolaWrap is considered by law enforcement to be positioned on the low end of the Use of Force Continuum.

Police officers today are the de-facto social services for communities in crisis.

Police officers are constantly faced with noncompliant individuals who are either experiencing a mental health crisis, are in a drug induced psychosis, or in some state of being that disables them from being able to respond or comply to the commands of an officer.

These noncompliant individuals often pose a serious threat to themselves, others, or the officers, and they must be detained.

The use of higher levels of force may lead to serious injury or death. Although the use of higher levels of force may be warranted and justified, the optics are often not understood and do not present a positive image of law enforcement.

If de-escalation tactics are not successful on a mentally ill or drug impaired individuals, and the individuals poses a serious threat to him/herself or others, law enforcement agencies and officers are faced with a perilous choice of which pain compliance tool to use to subdue and control the individuals.

This quandary has resulted in the De-policing Phenomena – 76% of police officers say they are more reluctant to use force when appropriate out of fear of negative optics.

According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, more than 1 in 10 police encounters involve mentally ill individuals, and 1 in 4 fatal police encounters involve mentally ill individuals.

Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President and retired NYPD Police Captain recently said, “Every four minutes in the city [NYC], there is a call for an emotionally disturbed person (EDP).”

Sheriff Jim Hart of Santa Cruz County recently stated, “Deputies respond 10 times a day to people experiencing serious mental health crises, which translates to roughly 3,000 responses annually.”

BolaWrap is intended to serve as an additional tool to help officers safely restrain individuals who are not complying, without having to resort to the use of higher levels of force.

For a comprehensive report on Refining the Role of Less-Lethal Technologies, by the Police Executive Research Forum, click here.

BolaWrap^® remote restraint device is a patented, hand-held pre-escalation apprehension tool for police that discharges a Kevlar® cord to restrain uncooperative suspects or nonresponsive persons in crisis from a distance.

BolaWrap’s surprising sound and ability to restrict an individual’s movement buys officers time and makes it safer for them to approach and gain control of individuals.

Situations between officers and uncooperative individuals are usually chaotic, and officers don’t have many effective options to handle them. Instead of waiting for an encounter to unfold and escalate, the use of BolaWrap can effectuate an arrest quickly, safely and humanely – ending the situation and facilitating a positive outcome that doesn’t result in injury or use of force.

BolaWrap was designed to be used on non-compliant individuals who need to be detained but are not responding to verbal commands of officers. Before an encounter escalates to a point where lethal force is needed, BolaWrap can be deployed to help safely restrain an individual from a distance, without relying on inflicting pain to gain compliance.

Ultimately, each law enforcement or military agency creates their own policy and procedures for their agency to determine when BolaWrap should be used by their agency.

Wrap suggests the following scenarios for when BolaWrap deployment should be used:

• Emotionally Disturbed Persons (EDP)
• Passively resistant and non-compliant subjects
• Mildly aggressive non-compliant subjects
• Mentally ill subjects
• Suicidal subjects/Persons in crisis
• Subjects under the influence of alcohol and drugs
• Armed (not with a firearm), non-assaultive, non-compliant, non-mobile
• SWAT operations

Yes. BolaWrap has been used on individuals in the field over 1,000 times by various law enforcement agencies across the globe.

In many instances, the mere presence of BolaWrap’s green line laser is enough to motivate the individual to comply.

In other instances, BolaWrap was deployed to successfully wrap and de-escalate the encounter, enabling the officer to take the individual into custody without harm to them, the officer, or others.

The shock factor created by the sudden wrap and the loud sound of BolaWrap being deployed greatly assisted in the de-escalation of many encounters.

To view bodycam videos of the BolaWrap in action, please visit wrap.com/bodycam.

More than 1,000 police agencies throughout the United States have BolaWrap devices, with many more agencies currently in the process of training and writing policies for their department.

WRAP has a robust nationwide distributor network to support the company’s distribution of BolaWrap in the United States. If you’re interested in partnering with WRAP, learn more at our Partners page.

Yes. WRAP has delivered BolaWrap products to over 60 different countries thus far. Each country is in various stages of either testing or carrying BolaWrap.

WRAP has more than 30 international distributors to facilitate global distribution, with more export licenses and distributors in the process of being signed.

Yes. Activist Redditt Hudson, Chairman of the Board of The Ethics Project and Regional Field Director of the the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) said about BolaWrap, “Anytime you can have a more humane response to someone in crisis, it’s not only good for the department, it’s good for society.”

The community sees BolaWrap as a low-level force option that is not intended to cause pain to achieve compliance from an individual in mental crisis. De-escalation tactics and mental health training isn’t always enough when dealing with individuals in mental crisis who pose serious threats to themselves or others. With BolaWrap, officers can safely restrain and detain individuals without risking serious injury to the individual, as would be the case were higher levels of force to be used.

Yes. BolaWrap does not depend on pain or injury to be effective and is considered non-lethal. Other devices on an officer’s duty belt intend to inflict pain in order to gain an individual’s compliance (i.e. batons, pepper spray, electrical weapons, guns, etc.).

Similar to handcuffs, BolaWrap is a restraint device designed to restrict the movement of an individual’s legs or arms, and does not intend to inflict pain in order to achieve compliance.

If an individual is not wearing clothing, BolaWrap can still wrap and the small hooks at the end of the tether may penetrate into an individual’s skin, resulting in a superficial wound.

Regarding the potential for a neck wrap, BolaWrap has a green line laser for precise accuracy, and officers are trained not to deploy the BolaWrap above the elbow area of the individual.

In the rare event that an individual is wrapped around the neck, there is not enough velocity to cause strangulation.

Yes. Although the likelihood of a successful wrap may decrease if an individual is running, BolaWrap can still be effective and potentially wrap them.

Each agency creates their own policies and procedures to determine in which scenarios BolaWrap should be used.

To see some examples of BolaWrap use, check out our BolaWrap Bodycam videos.

Diversionary devices are commonly used by law enforcement as a tool to distract an individual. The sound of BolaWrap deployment will surprise an individual and divert their attention, providing officers with vital seconds to put their plan into place to safely take the individual into custody.

In use cases thus far, the sound has proven to de-escalate the encounter by causing the individual to submit to the officer.

In many agencies across the United States, some less-lethal tools on the belt have proven to be ineffective and are therefore being removed from the belt.

WRAP offers a variety of holster options to make it easy for officers to carry BolaWrap, including a Blackhawk Holster, a Dual Retention Holster, a Nylon Thigh Rig, and a Nylon Condor.

The WRAP Training Academy provides instructor level training for BolaWrap remote restraint. The 5-hour course consists of both classroom learning and practical exercises to certify instructors to instruct BolaWrap operators for a period of two years. For more information or to request training for your department, please visit the WRAP Training Academy portal or contact the Training Team at training@wrap.com.

BolaWrap is well-priced relative to other less-lethal tools. The actual price depends on a variety of factors including order quantity and customer location. Please request a quote for specific pricing information for your department.

WRAP continues to receive countless requests to purchase the BolaWrap by individuals, private security, bail bondsman, fugitive recovery agents, mental health institutions, places of worship, and schoolteachers.

BolaWrap is currently only available to law enforcement and military agencies; however, the company does anticipate making BolaWrap available to other professionals in the future.

No. BolaWrap does not depend on pain or injury to be effective and is not designed to be a less-than-lethal weapon or pain compliance tool. Other devices on an officer’s duty belt intend to inflict pain in order to gain an individual’s compliance (i.e. batons, pepper spray, electrical weapons, guns, etc.).

Similar to handcuffs, BolaWrap is a restraint device designed to restrict the movement of an individual’s legs or arms, and does not intend to inflict pain in order to achieve compliance.

If an individual is not wearing clothing, BolaWrap can still wrap and the small hooks at the end of the tether may penetrate into an individual’s skin.

Regarding the potential for a neck wrap, BolaWrap has a green line laser for precise accuracy, and officers are trained not to deploy the BolaWrap above the elbow area of the individual. Nevertheless, there isn’t enough velocity to cause strangulation.

No.  Wrap Reality creates a unique training environment for Public Safety agencies. The VR platform is used by command and training staff to support existing instructional curriculums, enabling practice of skills in use of force, de-escalation, observation, immersion, process and procedure, and more. The BolaWrap remote restraint is only one of many tools that can be used within the virtual training space.

The Wrap Reality library of content currently contains over forty (40) pre-scripted training modules, in addition to our ADAPT module. ADAPT is designed to allow trainers the flexibility to customize the curriculum to the needs of their trainees.

Wrap Technologies provides two full days of hands-on, System Operator training on location at the customer agency.

Yes. The VR training system comes in two or three hard-sided storage cases that can be easily transported in a sedan or small SUV. The system unpacks and sets up in 20 to 30 minutes.

A user can train in approximately 900 square feet of clear floor space (30’ x 30’). For effective training, a minimum of 400 square feet (20’ x 20’) should be available. There are no lighting restrictions with Wrap Reality.

Wrap Reality force options include a simulated handgun (Glock, Smith & Wesson M&P, or Sig Sauer P320); BolaWrap remote restraint; CEW or Stun Gun; OC spray; shotgun and simulated AR-15 rifle. Force options are designed to fit in a user’s issued duty belt.

Yes. Wrap Reality offers a two-user option for an additional cost.

The Wrap Reality Chaperone is technology that indicates the boundaries of the training space. The Chaperone is established during the setup process and displays a grid pattern in the VR headset when the user approaches the boundary. The Wrap Reality “Passthrough Camera” is a headset function that allows a user to see get a view of their physical surroundings while wearing the immersive device. As a final element of safety, Wrap Technologies promotes the use of a safety officer while training with Wrap Reality.

The virtual training platform provides several distinct levels of evaluation capability. Our Reality Rewind software and data capture technology enables a trainer to de-brief the user’s experience by reviewing threat recognition and shot accuracy, shot placement, elapsed time to key events and the ability for the user to return to the incident scene to observe his or her response during the training session. Sessions can be recorded and retained for future reference.

Yes. The platform provides unlimited storage with no fine print, With Wrap Intrensic Evidence on Cloud, we allow you to build as many categories as you need and set the retention time values to ensure you meet all requirements.

Storage is not limited to traditional body dash cams and stills from photos from your Wrap Intrensic devices, it also allows imports of documents, reports, ancillary photos, and media without ever having to worry about overage fees.

Yes. Our Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS) provides a comprehensive Case Management System that easily provides a way to consolidate evidence in a case and electronically share it with the prosecutor’s office. All users’ seats at the prosecutor’s office are included in the program.

Yes. The System provides a comprehensive audit trail of all evidence, cases and users. This audit trail is stored separately and is available on every piece of evidence.

The platform was designed initially for the officer with a “take-home” vehicle; we felt compelled to allow the officer to keep their camera with them after their shift. We mastered mobile uploading by using your current in-car MDT.

We also provide a simple single dock on office PCs and for agencies that want to keep the cameras in the station a cost-effective multi-port dock that can be connected to a PC and allow users to upload multiple cameras at once. the Wrap Intrensic Dash Cameras are wirelessly offloaded to the cloud when the patrol vehicle returns to the station.

Our pricing is simple; we have no hidden fees and our pricing is based on a “per uploading user” model. All your ancillary users like your evidence technician, prosecutors, and users that do not upload videos are included.

CAD and RMS interfacing is a tremendous time-saving feature as we can help reduce or eliminate the need to add identifying information either during or after uploading. Our platform can import data from almost all CAD RMS systems such as CAD ID, Report #, Description, address, and CAD Category. We take this data and map it into the evidence file providing ease in searching from all fields streamlining the process of managing evidence. CAD RMS interfacing saves time and adds consistency to all your Digital Evidence.

Yes, your evidence can be imported to Wrap Intrensic. Customers that find themselves in “auto-renewal” contracts that seem to only increase in price look to Wrap Intrensic to migrate all their existing legacy data directly into your Wrap Intrensic cloud. We offer a migration of your legacy data and allow you to use the Evidence on Cloud solution. All this saves you time, remains consistent and saves you money.