China SWAT Team Training

[Randy W]

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New weapons against offenders unveiled in S China

 

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SWAT police officers train how to disarm an attacker using newly-introduced restraint devices in Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province on August 5. The device, known as a "thrust fork" or "police fork", employs a catch-type mechanism that enables police to immobilize an attacker from a safe distance. The devices were introduced after a recent spike in reported knife attacks nationwide. (Source:CFP)

 

 

- Global Times

 

[credzba]

I don't see how that is going to work.

[Randy W]

I don't see how that is going to work.

 

Pictures 3, 4, and 5 (in the link) seem to show the sequence used to subdue the attacker. I think the pins inside the hooks are designed to keep the attacker from escaping. I'd have to see it in operation.

 

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