Spider-Man type restraint touted for use by UK police causes alarm

Gadget entangles suspects in fibre and billed by US maker as painless alternative to Taser. A Spider-Man-like gadget that brings suspects to a halt by entangling them in cord fired from a hand-held device could be adapted for use by UK police. The US-made BolaWrap 100 restraint, which is being demonstrated to forces in the UK this week, is billed as an alternative in some situations to the Taser stun gun. According to the makers, Wrap Technologies, its effect is similar to putting a suspect in h