A Guidebook for Less-Lethal Devices WPSTC

The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) is the leading author-ity on contemporary tactical law enforcement information and training. The NTOA maintains many working partnerships in its effort to bring current and meaningful information to law enforcement officers of all disciplines. One of these partnerships is demonstrated in the relation-ships with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Weapons and Protective Systems Technologies Center (WPSTC) at the Pennsylvania State University. The Guidebook for Less-Lethal Devices is a product of the work done in part by the NIJ Technology Working Group on Less-Lethal Devices. This Guidebook is an excellent overview of the current problems, concepts and technology gaps that we all share. As a member of the law enforcement community I applaud the members of the working group for creating such a useful and thorough manual. Most importantly, the information is now available for law enforcement and military practitioners who need factual and current information in a codified format. This information is available to law enforcement personnel upon request from the WPSTC or from the NTOA Resource Library.