Waukesha police use X-REP on woman
ByHere’s what happened yesterday on Waukesha’s Bonnie Lane.
Police Lt. Dennis J. Angle, public information officer, reports:
At 3:25 p.m. Waukesha Police Officers responded to a report of a suicidal woman with a knife in the 1900 block of Bonnie Lane. She was not only threatening her own life, but life of another. Upon arrival officers received information that the subject of the call was a 47-year-old woman with a history of mental illness. She had fled just prior to police arrival and it was unknown if she was armed.
Officers searched the area and later located the woman in a highly agitated state. Her level of agitation increased upon officer contact and she resisted officers’ attempts to take her into protective custody.
In order to safely take her into protective custody officers were forced to deploy an Electronic Control Device known as the X-REP. The deployment was successful and no higher forms of force were needed. Neither the woman nor any officers were injured. She was later transported to a Mental Health Facility.
The X-REP (eXtended Range Electronic Projectile) is a self contained electronic less lethal round used to control subjects
