Trooper Trap is an officer safety tool designed to assist in simple and standard officer safety tactics. Trooper Trap does not restrict or restrain the detainee, it alerts the officer when the detainee removes the seatbelt by sounding an external alarm on the patrol unit.
Purpose: An officer's priority is to go home alive after each shift. Trooper Trap allows this to happen. Officers arrest subjects or transport prisoners every day with the feeling of security in a set of handcuffs or a transport cage, but prisoners or detainees continue to escape and officers continue to get injured and even killed. Trooper Trap is designed to "watch" the subject while seated in the patrol unit with the seatbelt applied. This is not a restraint device, but merely an officer safety device which alerts the officer when the subject unbuckles the seatbelt to give the officer a warning and a few extra seconds to react. Trooper Trap can be used by itself or with other devices like handcuffs or transport cages.
Benefits: With Trooper Trap watching, the officer can deal with another subject, inventory or search a vehicle, or any number of other things without physically watching him or her. The advantages of Trooper Trap are officer safety, being able to watch your detainee without backup, and simple easy operation.
How it works: When a subject is arrested, the officer handcuffs, searches, and seatbelts the subject in the patrol unit as normal.
Trooper Trap is armed by one of 2 modes: Manual or Automatic
Manual - Officer seats subject in patrol unit with seatbelt applied and then arms Trooper Trap, or
Automatic - Officer activates Trooper Trap so when a the seatbelt is applied, it becomes armed.
The officer can talk to another subject or search a vehicle without constantly monitoring the detainee. If the detainee unhooks the seatbelt, an alarm will sound to alert the officer that the detainee has unhooked the seatbelt and is no longer secure. The detainee could be escaping, attempting to steal the patrol vehicle, obtaining weapons in the patrol vehicle, or any number of things that could cause injury or death to officers or the public.
Without Handcuffs:
Trooper Trap can be used with non-handcuffed subjects during consent to search, vehicle crash scenes, hitch hikers, transport of stranded motorist, or a number of other situations. A pat search should be done before any subject is placed in the patrol unit. Have the subject sit in a seat in the patrol unit where Trooper Trap has been installed at. Have the subject put the seatbelt on like normal; incase another vehicle runs off the road and into your patrol unit. This is added protection for the department, the officer, and the subject. Go about the search as normal. If the subject wants to stop the search, or escape, or attack the officer; the external vehicle alarm will sound when the subject releases the seatbelt.
Handcuffed or Arrests:
If the subject is physically arrested, handcuff, search the subject, and place the subject in the patrol unit per department policy then secure with the seatbelt. Make sure Trooper Trap is activated and go about your normal duties. If the arrested subject releases the seatbelt, the external vehicle alarm will sound. It is best to place subjects inside the patrol unit to deter thoughts of escaping, protect the subject from being struck by a vehicle while standing on the road side, and to know where the subject is.
Day and Night Protection:
Trooper Trap offers a back-up or partner in the easy to install control box. During the day or at night, try to inventory the subjects vehicle or investigate an accident while watching your detainee. During the day, the sun shines down and a glare usually makes it difficult to monitor your detainee. At night, it is almost impossible to monitor your detainee while the emergency lights, headlights, and spot light shines in your eyes. Trooper Trap is your answer to that.
Trooper Trap is designed to independently monitor a combination of up to 3 seats or alarm devices at the same time.
Custom configurations to monitor more seats or devices available.
Trooper Trap does not restrict or restrain detainees, it is merely an officer safety device.
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