Corrections Projectiles and Launchers News & Articles

• How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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  Download this Corrections1 less lethal product buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• LA jail to install heat-beam ray that blasts inmates

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  The device is designed to control unruly inmates by blasting them with a beam of intense energy

• 19 dead, 20 injured in Mexico prison fight

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  By Mark Stevenson Associated PressMEXICO CITY — A fight among inmates Friday at a prison in northern Mexico killed 19 inmates and left more than 20 injured, Durango state officials said. The battle...

• The Use of Less Lethal Weapons in Corrections, Part 5 — Impact Weapons

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  By John StanleyAt the high end of less lethal force options are weapons whose primary function is to deliver kinetic energy. The problem with these weapons and munitions is that there are almost to...

• Impact round training & the critical issue of "point of aim/point of impact"

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  by Police1.com Columnist Major Steve Ijames Sponsored by TASERThe National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) offered its first impact projectile "train the trainer" program in 1995, followed wit...

• Compliance & Incapacitation Munitions

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  Deployment, delivery & training By Ed Mohn Click here to subscribe to Law Officer Magazine Last issue I discussed the numerous less-lethal or, as I prefer to call them, compliance and incapacitatio...

• Impact Projectile Training: Critical issues for positive performance

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  Impact projectiles are generally accepted as "contemporary" tools of the police trade today and as such, most agencies that deploy them give significant thought to training and preparing officers i...

• In defense of the 12-gauge "bean bag" round

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  "Sock/drag" round (lft.) compared to two large caliber rifled roundsTechnology and the changes related to it are taking the police world by storm. Abstract concepts such as streaming mobile data, i...

• Extended range impact devices: What we know

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  The First Book of Samuel documents the slaying of Goliath by the boy-shepherd David. The Philistine was armed with proximity weapons, including a bronze javelin, iron spear, and long bladed sword. ...

• Understanding less lethal combat shooting: Lessons learned from Boston's FN303 incident

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  By Senior Team Leader Joseph Garcia Recently, the law enforcement community was rocked by the sudden death of a young protester who was killed when she was accidentally shot in the eye with a less-...

• The Boston Incident: Understanding non-lethal technology

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  When reviewing the Boston incident we want to focus on two important issues: one of being able to educate the media in the language used in explaining the specific incident, and the second, focus o...