
Is it April 1st already? UK police could soon be equipped with the kind of gadgets seen only in Batman and James Bond movies, at least if you believe the Daily Mail, that is.
The paper is reporting that government boffins are testing a wide array of new ‘less-lethal’, but nonetheless barking, gadgets to deal with unsociable types. These range from hi-tech glue guns, sticky nets, pepper balls and stink bombs. Hell, why not just issue them with capes, Lycra pants and masks already?
Police already have US-style batons, Taser electric stun guns and CS spray but there are Home Office fears that something less lethal is needed. This is what’s been tested now by the Home Office Scientific Development Branch:
