L.A. jail testing heat ray as way to stop fights

by Lateef Mungin for CNN, view original article

August 31, 2010

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says it is trying out a new way to break up fights between inmates: a high-tech heat ray.

Called the Assault Intervention Device, it showers a person with an "intolerable heating sensation," the sheriff's department says.

Inmates just have to step away from the heat ray to stop the pain, and authorities hope inmates will also step away from the scuffles they were in.

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