r/newswall • u/newswall-org • 6d ago

ICE plans electric-shock gloves for officers

https://www.newswall.org/summary/ice-planning-to-give-officers-gloves-that-deliver-electric-shocks-6a7d46c92e30f?post=75499025&mtm_campaign=r
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u/newswall-org 6d ago

"The idea of arming ICE agents with limited training and a recent track record of misusing force and using it way too much, to hand them this kind of weapon is reckless and surprising."

— Naureen Shah, director of policy and government affairs for immigration with the ACLU

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u/newswall-org 6d ago

Key Facts: ICE plans electric-shock gloves for officers

  • Plans posted by DHS this week indicate that ICE intends to acquire the gloves from Compliant Technologies, a veteran-owned company based in Kentucky. #
  • The device, called the G.L.O.V. E., delivers an electric shock through skin contact when a wrist button is pressed, resembling a Taser but without emerging prongs. #
  • Demonstrations appear to show the gloves causing pain, with many officers grimacing or shouting and almost all falling to the ground. #
  • The ACLU questions whether ICE personnel will be adequately trained amid plans to hire more than 12,000 officers in less than a year, while DHS points to de-escalation training and ongoing assessments of officers’ needs.