"The WRAP, A Safe Restraint System that Reduces Risk of Injury"

Show Guest: Craig Zamolo

Confronted with a potentially violent situation, police officers or medical personnel must be prepared to react quickly if the need for constraint is deemed necessary. As far back as 1994, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) published an article identifying medical risks associated with restraining people face down. They recommended the safest method to restrain a person was in an upright seated position.

At that time, Ron O'Dell and Craig Zamolo, sergeants with the Walnut Creek Police Department in Walnut Creek, California were assignment to research safer alternatives for restraining people. They concluded that no existing restraint device adequately addressed the need. This absence of a safe, upright seated restraint device was the starting point for the creation of The WRAP.

Joins us to learn how The WRAP has been found to be safe and 100% effective by the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths. Hundreds of agencies across the US and Canada are using the device, and it has been mandated in some states for juvenile institutions.