Police used the Grappler Police Bumper to finish a automobile chase in Phoenix, Arizona, in keeping with a report from a neighborhood Fox Information affiliate.
Three unmarked automobiles pursued a goal automobile, with one utilizing the Grappler to cease the perp, in keeping with a video clip from the report posted on Twitter.
The Grappler Police Bumper appeared in 2016 and has been pitched as a safer approach to finish police chases. Mounted to the entrance bumper of a police automobile, it deploys a web that ensnares one of many tires of the automobile being pursued. As soon as caught within the snare, the wheel locks up, forcing the automobile to cease.
#BREAKING Police in Phoenix used the Grappler Police Bumper to deliver a chase to an finish, in the end taking the suspect into custody. @livenowfox @FOX10Phoenix pic.twitter.com/6dgOqhz5LY
— Daytona Everett (@DaytonaLiveNOW) April 29, 2022
The police automobile and the goal stay linked by a tether. So, as proven within the video, the goal automobile cannot drive away after each autos cease. The driving force of the police automobile can launch the tether at any time, the corporate behind the Grappler Police Bumper has stated.
This methodology is designed to finish police chases in a less-violent approach than the usual precision immobilization approach (PIT) maneuver, which might result in large wrecks, and the extra aggressive methods utilized by police within the outdated days.
Nonetheless, we will think about some conditions the place ensnaring a automobile with a tether and locking up its rear wheels may trigger the fleeing topic to lose management. Having two autos tethered collectively additionally looks as if it could possibly be problematic, particularly as a result of one driver would not know what the opposite will do. However on this chase, no less than, the Grappler Police Bumper seems to have labored as designed.
