Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ: WRAP) has appointed former New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner Edward Delatorre Jr. to its board of directors, effective Oct. 20, 2026, the public safety technology company announced. The appointment places a 46-year law enforcement veteran inside a company betting that non-lethal response tools can become as routine in policing as other operational capabilities.
Delatorre's career includes leadership roles as NYPD chief of transit, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Staten Island and commanding officer of the NYPD Police Academy. According to the announcement, he also helped introduce Narcan into NYPD patrol operations through a pilot program that was later adopted citywide. That detail matters to Wrap Technologies, which sees parallels between the Narcan rollout and its own effort to establish de-escalation as a standardized law enforcement capability.
The company expects Delatorre to contribute to its strategy of integrating non-lethal response technologies, including BolaWrap(R), with agency policies, training and operational procedures. In practice, that means pairing a device with the training and departmental rules that determine whether officers use it. Wrap Technologies' stated focus is providing law enforcement and security professionals with additional options for managing encounters and supporting de-escalation, which is why the board seat carries weight beyond a routine governance change.
Delatorre also brings experience overseeing approximately 2,600 uniformed transit officers, securing nearly $40 million in federal counterterrorism grants and advancing the adoption of emerging security technologies. CEO Scot Cohen said Delatorre's experience implementing new capabilities at scale will support the company's efforts to provide law enforcement agencies with additional options for managing difficult encounters.
For investors, the appointment signals a continued emphasis on credibility with police agencies rather than purely product development. The full press release can be viewed through this press release link, and the company's newsroom is available at https://ibn.fm/WRAP. Company information is also summarized through the Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ: WRAP) relationship page.
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Whether Delatorre's appointment translates into broader agency adoption of BolaWrap and related training remains to be seen. What the announcement makes clear is that Wrap Technologies is prioritizing operational experience as it argues that non-lethal responses belong in everyday policing.
