Illinois Certifies Wrap Technologies’ BolaWrap 150 Training Course

The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board certified Wrap Technologies, Inc.’s 10-hour BolaWrap 150 user course for in-service training. The decision gives eligible Illinois law enforcement agencies a new training option to consider as they plan required professional development. Participating agencies may apply 5.5 course hours toward mandated training requirements, subject to state requirements and each agency’s rules. The certification therefore concerns training recognition; it does not establish a statewide equipment requirement or direct agencies to buy BolaWrap devices.

For procurement teams, the announcement is best understood as a potential market-development signal rather than a procurement action. The state’s recognition may make it easier for agencies to evaluate the course within existing training plans, and could create a pathway for related training or equipment sales. However, the source identifies no agency purchase, solicitation, contract value, funding commitment, or requirement to acquire BolaWrap equipment. Agencies should treat any resulting buying activity as a separate decision that would need to follow their own procurement authorities, funding availability, and applicable rules.

The training-hour credit also has a specific scope. While the course is 10 hours long, the announcement says 5.5 hours may count toward mandated training requirements, and that credit remains subject to state and agency rules. Agencies considering the offering should verify how the certified hours align with their individual training plans before relying on the credit. For vendors and competitors, the certification illustrates how recognition by a state training authority can support access to public-safety organizations without constituting an award or endorsement of a purchase.

Wrap Technologies says it has submitted the curriculum for consideration in additional states. Those submissions could create further opportunities if other training authorities certify the course, but no decisions or timelines for other states are specified. For GovCon and public-safety market watchers, the actionable indicators are therefore the Illinois certification, the limited training-hour credit, agency-level adoption decisions, and the outcome of any future state reviews. The current announcement supports monitoring for follow-on training activity, budget signals, or solicitations; it does not establish that any such procurement is underway.

• Certifying authority: The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board certified the BolaWrap 150 user course for in-service training.
• Course length: The certified course is 10 hours long.
• Training credit: Participating agencies may apply 5.5 hours toward mandated training requirements, subject to state and agency rules.
• No purchase mandate: Certification does not require Illinois agencies to acquire BolaWrap equipment.
• No award identified: The announcement provides no purchase, contract, solicitation, contract value, or funding commitment.
• Agency action: Illinois law enforcement agencies can assess whether the course fits their in-service training plans and applicable rules.
• Market implication: Certification may provide a channel for training and related equipment sales, but any sales would require separate agency decisions.
• Expansion signal: Wrap Technologies says it submitted the curriculum for consideration in additional states; further opportunities depend on whether those authorities certify it.
• Procurement watchpoint: Distinguish training-hour recognition from an actual procurement award or funded requirement.