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From Idea to Invention

NCJ Number
211849
Date Published
2001
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This paper describes several technological inventions developed within the fields of law enforcement and corrections, resulting from ideas and enhancing law enforcement and correctional officers' ability to safely restrain an offender or inmate.
Abstract
Most advances in technology originate from an idea that someone has or has had. This paper briefly describes four such technological inventions in the fields of law enforcement and corrections in the area of securing or restraining a suspect or offender/inmate. CUFFCLIP is a handcuff-carrying device that resembles a heavy-duty spring clip that quickly attaches to an officer's duty belt and can hold up to 13 pairs of metal handcuffs. This would eliminate the use of plastic flex-type cuffs and afford the officer greater protection. The IMMOBILIZER, a prisoner restraint system, is a metal pivotal restraint harness that is heavily padded and attached to a patrol vehicle above the backseat. Affording a number of different less-than-lethal defensive features, the Life Stick is a combination nightstick and shell-firing device with an internal firing mechanism with the ability to fire a beanbag, a rubber projectile, teargas, or pepper spray. Carry-on, invented by a retired female U.S. Navy commander, is an ointment applied to the upper lip, directly under the nose, to block the receptors that detect the repugnant smell of decomposing or burnt flesh.

Grant Number(s)
96-MU_MU-K011
Sponsoring Agency
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Address

999 N. Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC 20531, United States

Corporate Author
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
Address

700 N. Frederick Ave., Bldg. 181, Room 1L30, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, United States

Sale Source
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
Address

700 N. Frederick Ave., Bldg. 181, Room 1L30, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, United States

Publication Format
Article
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Language
English
Country
United States of America
Note
From TechBeat, Spring 2001; downloaded on October 25, 2005.