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An alternative way to shoot without killing

Christian Ellis of Alternative Ballistics demonstrates his company's "less lethal" weapon at the San Diego Firearms Training Center in Poway, Calif. When fired, the pistol's bullet is captured inside a metal sphere, which is propelled at a lower velocity than a bare bullet.

Christian Ellis of Alternative Ballistics demonstrates his company’s “less lethal” weapon at the San Diego Firearms Training Center in Poway, Calif. When fired, the pistol’s bullet is captured inside a metal sphere, which is propelled at a lower velocity than a bare bullet.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

After a year of controversial police killings that have inflamed cities across the country, police departments have embarked on an urgent search for new tools that can spare lives while protecting their own.

A safer way to shoot

Police departments in Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere are considering adopting use of less lethal weapons such as Alternative Ballistics’ bullet-capturing metal sphere.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A safer way to shoot

Alternative Ballistics’ less lethal weapon is demonstrated at the San Diego Firearms Training Center.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A safer way to shoot

The less lethal metal sphere is shown with a fired bullet embedded inside.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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A safer way to shoot

Thomas Revaz, director of training at Alternative Ballistics, pretends to be a knife-wielding assailant during a demonstration of the company’s less lethal weapon.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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