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UP CLOSE Less-Lethal Options I Choosing Impact Munitions SUMMARY It is appropriate to have both fexible and non-fexible munitions, and to have both small bore and big bore solutions. Take the time to do your homework and research. Once the decision on the munitions has been made, don���t forget that all your offcers are fully trained in these less lethal options. p Consider both Small Bore (12gauge) and Big Bore (37/40mm) solutions. The Wyoming Department of Corrections personnel go through Big Bore training. Flexible impact munition or non-fexible? And 12 gauge or big bore? BY ROB DEGROOT I f you don���t already have them, you need 12 gauge or 37/40mm launched compliance munitions, and you need them right now. Do you select a fexible bean bag round or a hard rubber, fn-stabilized baton, or a spin-stabilized foam baton? All should compel compliance or achieve incapacitation through pain 42 Tactical Response Mar-Apr 2013 or muscular disruption. However, each type of munition achieves compliance through pain in entirely different manners. How do you decide which type of munition is best suited for the environment in which your agency works? Nearly all tactical teams have some sort of less-lethal munitions option. Te option se- lected by the tactical team may or may not be the best full spectrum approach for a patrolbased program. Regardless, the selection of the type of munitions deployed by your patrol ofcers is a vitally important decision. Simply having a 12-gauge pump shotgun and a box of some generic bean bags is not acceptable.