Wrap Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WRAP), a provider of non-lethal response technologies and public safety solutions, has appointed Edward Delatorre Jr., a former deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department, to its board of directors, effective Oct. 20, 2026. The move brings nearly five decades of law enforcement leadership into the company’s governance as it seeks to make de-escalation tools a routine part of policing.
Delatorre retired with 46 years of experience, including roles as NYPD chief of transit, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Staten Island and commanding officer of the NYPD Police Academy. He also helped introduce Narcan into patrol operations through a pilot program that was later adopted citywide—an achievement the company views as a model for scaling new tools across large agencies.
Wrap Technologies expects Delatorre to help align its non-lethal products, including the BolaWrap remote restraint device, with agency policies, training and operational procedures. The company draws a direct parallel between the Narcan rollout and its own effort to establish de-escalation as a standardized law enforcement capability. Delatorre’s background includes overseeing roughly 2,600 uniformed transit officers, securing nearly $40 million in federal counterterrorism grants and advancing the adoption of emerging security technologies.
“Ed’s experience implementing new capabilities at scale will support our efforts to provide law enforcement agencies with additional options for managing difficult encounters,” CEO Scot Cohen said. The appointment matters because adoption of non-lethal tools depends less on hardware than on policy, training and command buy-in—areas where a former deputy commissioner can lend credibility and operational know-how.
For investors, the addition of a high-profile law enforcement figure may strengthen Wrap’s relationships with agencies and improve its ability to navigate procurement and training cycles. The company’s strategy hinges on convincing departments that tools like BolaWrap complement existing use-of-force policies rather than complicate them. Delatorre’s record of scaling programs, including the Narcan pilot, offers a template the company hopes to replicate.
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The appointment underscores a broader trend: technology firms are recruiting former commanders to bridge the gap between product development and the procedural realities of policing. Whether Delatorre’s arrival accelerates agency adoption of BolaWrap remains to be seen, but it gives Wrap a board member with direct experience in deploying new tools across a major department—a signal that the company is prioritizing implementation over mere product marketing.
