ICE contracts for electric-shock gloves for officers, sparking civil liberties concerns

House Democrats have introduced a bill to ban ICE's planned use of electric shock gloves.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents may soon be outfitted with electric shock gloves that can deliver painful jolts when they come in contact with a person's skin. While ICE says the new gear will help agents deescalate situations with detainees or protesters without relying on "higher levels of force," Democrats in Congress and civil rights advocates are pushing back, in no small measure because of the agency's history of deadly clashes.

Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security on Monday expressed their “strong opposition” to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) plans to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves for their agents. ICE awarded a $16.7 million contract with Compliant Technologies LLC for 6,000 of the company’s Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded a $16.7M no-bid contract to purchase electric shock gloves to help de-escalate confrontations.

ICE Awards $16.7 Million No-Bid Contract For 6,000 Pairs Of Electric Shock Gloves Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver electric shocks. Officers would use them to control resisting detainees and protesters, according to a federal notice published Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times) The no-bid deal went to Compliant Technologies LLC, a Kentucky firm that manufactures the devices, and covers the gloves plus support equipment and services over the next six months. ICE moved forward with the purchase despite ongoing objections from civil rights advocates and Democratic senators. They said the agency already draws criticism for use of force with unclear oversight. Hours before the notice appeared, a group of senators led by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) wrote to ICE's acting director, urging the agency to abandon the plan. Fifteen colleagues from the Democratic caucus signed on. "The blatant and tragic misuse of force in Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Maine, and other locations around the country raises significant skepticism about the agency's professional capability to safely deploy a new tool that could be used to harm Americans without cause," the letter said. The Department of Homeland Security, ICE's parent agency, defended the purchase Thursday. "Sanctuary politicians attempting to ban our federal law enforcement from any safety equipment is despicable and a deliberate attempt to undermine and endanger our officers," the agency said in a statement. The plan for the purchase surfaced earlier this month when ICE posted a notice about buying thousands of "conductive distraction and de-escalation devices" for officers and investigators. Gloves Look Like Regular Gear Until Button Is Pressed The gloves appear as ordinary patrol gloves until an officer presses a button, which activates electrical mode. The shock works only on bare skin, and aims to produce enough pain to make a resisting person comply. Some local jails and police departments already use similar equipment. ICE's notice listed several scenarios for the devices, including high-tension environments during arrests, transport of combative detainees, and civil disturbances outside detention facilities. "It will be used when a subject is actively or passively resisting and an officer needs to gain control quickly to prevent injuries to both parties," the document said. Officials said the shocks would help maintain control over inmates, stop aggression or escape attempts, let officers handcuff people who hide their hands, and aid crowd control efforts. The aim is to avoid the deployment of greater force, including firearms. The notice mentioned approved policy, training, and accountability standards but no further details. ICE initially intended to spend up to $20 million on the devices, known as CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E., or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, with delivery expected by March 31, 2027. The gloves were earmarked for Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations officers and agents. Compliant Technologies said the gloves should not be deployed in the face of verbal defiance or belligerence, serve as punishment, or be used for torture. The company also warned against deploying them on children, the elderly, pregnant women, or people with disabilities. The manual advised using them when a suspect becomes violent enough to endanger an officer or the public, and only to meet lawful objectives under agency policy. Officers need training and certification, with recertification every two years. "Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards," an ICE spokesperson told The Epoch Times earlier this month via email. "Our officers are highly trained in de-escalation tactics and regularly receive ongoing use of force training." * * * hot take from Tim Dillon Tyler Durden Fri, 08/28/2026 - 12:25

The much-criticised immigration agency has agreed a contract for 6,000 pairs of gloves that will deliver painful shocks.

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency granted a $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for officers in the field despite human rights advocates having raised alarm about the plans when they were revealed earlier this month.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a US$16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist. ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately. A notice published in a federal database Thursday said ICE entered into a no-bid...

Rights groups and Democrats are warning that ICE agents are unfit to use the shock gloves responsibly. Since US President Trump's crackdown on immigration, several people have been killed during ICE raids across the US.

ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks , saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist. ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately. A notice published in a federal database Thursday said ICE entered into a no-bid contract to purchase the gloves from Compliant Technologies LLC, a Kentucky-based firm that manufactures them. The deal includes acquiring 6,000 of the devices along with support equipment and services over the next six months. Civil rights advocates have said ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force with little oversight or accountability while enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. ICE published the notice hours after a group of U.S. senators, led by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, urged the agency to cancel its plan to buy the gloves. In a lett

ICE has granted a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 gloves​ that can deliver electric shocks, a new use-of-force tool that the agency claims will help officers control resisting detainees.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist

Civil liberties groups decry plan to use gloves linked to death of Kentucky man allegedly shocked 27 times in county jailPlans to supply Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with special gloves that can deliver electric shocks have alarmed experts and drawn scrutiny amid some high-profile lawsuits over their use in local correctional facilities.In one extreme case, a 43-year-old man died after allegedly being shocked 40 times by officers with a combination of the gloves and a Taser in a county jail in Kentucky, and the man’s widow is suing authorities. Continue reading...

Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practicesOn 11 August, the Associated Press reported that the Homeland Security Agency will spend up to $20m to equip its agents with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to the skin of a person deemed uncooperative. The “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices”– branded Glove, for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter – will be supplied by their manufacturer, Compliant Technologies, through a no-bid contract.News of the acquisition inspired the editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes to publish a cartoon of an ICE agent wearing the glove, underneath which are a branding iron, an iron maiden, a rack, and other compliance technologies. AKA, instruments of torture. Continue reading...

Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar and colleagues oppose ICE's electric shock glove plan. They warn of potential misuse and severe injury or death from these devices. Lawmakers cite ICE's past record and insufficient training for officers. The proposed procurement involves millions of dollars for thousands of gloves. They implore the Homeland Security Secretary to immediately stop this purchase.

ICE announced plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver electric shocks to people who do not cooperate. What do you think? The post ICE To Equip Officers With Electric Shock Gloves appeared first on The Onion.

In early August, ICE revealed plans to purchase $20 million worth of electric-shock gloves, manufactured by a company called Compliant Technologies. The gloves work on direct contact with exposed skin and deliver a painful electric charge. Police departments, jails, and even school resource officers across the country have used the gloves for years—though human rights […]

Click to expand Image Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 5, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File The US Department of Homeland Security published a notice on August 10 outlining its plan to purchase US$10-$20 million worth of electric shock gloves for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.The “Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter,” which the manufacturer, Compliant Technologies, refers to as “The G.L.O.V.E,” can administer a painful electric current when applied to bare skin, causing “neuro-peripheral interference” that impairs physical movement.Because of the potential health risks, Compliant Technologies recommends that the gloves not be used against older people, small children, people who are pregnant, and people with certain disabilities. These are all groups that ICE has previously targeted with arrest and detention.The G.L.O.V.E.’s user manual also describes several possible physical consequences of the technology that can lead to sudden death.Electric shock devices have long been abusively deployed around the globe, including as a method of torture and other ill-treatment. Given these risks, the European Union has implemented trade restrictions on these devices.In 2023, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture determined that “direct contact electric shock weapons” are “inherently cruel, inhuman or degrading,” and recommended that governments ban them outright.The scale of this technology’s potential harm in the hands of ICE, an abusive agency whose recruits are deployed with minimal training, could be considerable. The Trump administration has pursued a campaign of mass detention, arresting tens of thousands of people every month, many unlawfully.ICE has committed widespread violence and abuse against immigrants and US citizens. This has included the unlawful use of excessive and lethal force, as well as the dangerous deployment of so-called “less lethal” weapons at close range. Use-of-force policies have not ended these violations.Given ICE’s track record, its agents should not be armed with any technology that has a well-documented pattern of abusive use.Congress has been funding ICE with little oversight. It should urgently inquire into the administration’s plans to purchase the electric shock gloves, their risks, and their potential for abuse.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that ICE would spend between $10 million and $20 million to buy gloves that emit painful electric shocks. The devices, called G.L.O.V.Es (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter), are manufactured by Compliant Technologies in Kentucky and advertised as a “humane, low-optics, de-escalation solution.” With these gloves, federal agents’ use of force will become nearly invisible to the eye and harder to prove, MotherJones reported Monday.“Low-optics” is the key term there. The new gloves won’t stoke public outrage like traditional weapons and they don’t leave any marks—making them the perfect tool for dodging lawsuits for excessive force.Speaking in a promotional video for Compliant Technologies published in 2024, Adam Glueck, then-assistant chief of the Cape Girardeau Police Department in southeastern Missouri, explained why his officers had grown so “attached” to the devices.“In today’s society, you know, everybody’s filming everything, everybody has a cell phone,” Glueck said, adding that the glove “looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.”Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department recommended the glove for “anybody that’s looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits.”Video footage of the gloves in action show just how powerful they can be, causing grown men to crumple to the ground in a matter of seconds.The gloves are considered less lethal—but federal agents will likely feel more empowered to use them against a wider range of people. The manufacturer warns against using their device on elderly people, pregnant women, children, and people with severe disabilities—individuals who have not been spared from the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigrants.

Outrage is building among congressional Democrats who are alarmed by new plans from the Trump administration to buy gloves that will allow immigration agents to deliver a painful electric shock as they carry out deportations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday published a notice of its plans to spend as much as $20...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks has faced criticism.

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Plans to equip United States (US) immigration enforcement agents with gloves capable of delivering debilitating electric shocks have fueled concerns over potential abuses by a force that critics say is already over-zealous and under-trained. "As if assaulting people and shooting people in the streets wasn't enough," Representative Maxwell Frost, a Democrat from Florida, said on X. "Now, they're spending $20 million of YOUR taxpayer dollars on painful electric shock gloves for their masked, lawless goons." "ICE must be stopped," Frost said in a reference to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency primarily charged with carrying out President Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of undocumented migrants. ICE has come in for criticism for a series of fatal shootings during enforcement operations, including those of two American citizens in Minnesota in January who were involved in anti-ICE protests. Critics have focused on the forceful tactics used by ICE agents in rounding up migrants and on an alleged lowering of the standards of training for new recruits. The plan to purchase the shock gloves, which was first reported by The Associated Press, calls for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ICE parent agency, to spend $10 to $20 million on what are described as "distraction and de-escalation" devices. The G.L.O.V.E., or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, is made by Compliant Technologies, a company based in Kentucky that bills itself on its website as a supplier of "cutting-edge non-lethal tools to empower and protect those who serve." The G.L.O.V.E. delivers a shock that is not as strong as that of a Taser, another device used by law enforcement to subdue suspects. In response to queries about the gloves, DHS said ICE is "constantly assessing the needs of our officers in the field to ensure they have the tools and equipment necessary to safely arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country." "Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilises is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards," DHS said in a statement. John Sandweg, who served as the acting ICE director under Democratic president Barack Obama, said in an interview with MS NOW that ICE agents have an "incredibly difficult job" but expressed concerns about the electric gloves. "Deploying this admittedly less than lethal technology, in an era when we're really not all that interested in providing training to the officers about how to use that technology, really is alarming," Sandweg said. "It doesn't take a big stretch of the imagination to seeing this technology being deployed against a mother who's just maybe putting up the most mild resistance because she's being separated from her children," he said. "It's too easy for this to get misused against a population that doesn't pose a threat." Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, expressed similar concerns. "ICE has targeted legal observers, protestors, and just ordinary people on their way to work or to drop their kid off at school," Jayapal said on X. "This won't make anyone safer and in fact just gives ICE another dangerous tool to target citizens and immigrants alike." The American Civil Liberties Union announced last month that it has filed more than 50 claims against the federal government on behalf of people and families allegedly harmed by federal immigration actions in 17 states and in Washington, the nation's capital. ICE arrested more than 51,000 people for immigration violations across the country in July, according to US media reports citing DHS sources, the most in a single month since Trump took office in January of last year.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful shocks to detainees.

White House border czar Tom Homan defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, calling them a tool to help officers end confrontations without using deadly force.

White House border czar Tom Homan is defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to outfit officers and agents with "conductive distraction and de-escalation devices," according to a notice published Monday and revealed first by The Associated Press.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to equip its agents with electric-shock gloves manufactured by Compliant Technologies, according to a Department of Homeland Security notice. Critics call the gloves overly aggressive and say they have the potential for abuse. CBS News' Lesley Marin reports.

U.S. ICE officers could soon use gloves that can give a painful electric shock to anyone they touch, according to a DHS notice.

The devices known as the GLOVE, which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, are normal patrol gloves until an officer presses a button to activate its electrical mode.

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, alarming rights advocates who have condemned the action of ICE during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. 

A device designed to enforce compliance by delivering a painful electric shock is condemned by a former ICE director and elected officials.

Shocked! ICE To Equip Officers With Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Zaps Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that can deliver electric shocks for its agents, according to a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Aug. 10. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, Calif., on July 27, 2026. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images The devices, known as CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E, or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, are expected to be delivered by March 31, 2027, according to the notice. The notice refers to the gloves as "conductive distraction and de-escalation" devices, which ICE seeks to buy for Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement Removal Operations officers and agents. The device manufacturer, Compliant Technologies, states on its website that the devices were designed "to supplement existing tools for law enforcement, corrections, security, EMS [Emergency Medical Services] and the military." The devices must be applied directly to someone's skin and are ineffective through clothing or hair, according to the user manual. No more than two gloves should be used at a time, with each application lasting not more than 15 seconds, it states. Compliant Technologies said the gloves should not be used to respond to "verbal defiance or belligerence," as punishment or for torture. The company also warned against using them on children, elderly people, pregnant women, or people with disabilities. The manual also recommends that the gloves be deployed as necessary to "accomplish lawful objectives within the scope of the agency's policies" when a suspect becomes violent to the point of endangering the officer or the public. Officers must be trained and certified to use the gloves, with recertification required every two years, according to the manual. The Epoch Times reached out to both the Department of Homeland Security and Compliant Technologies for comment but did not receive a response by publication time. Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy project director for policing at the American Civil Liberties Union, expressed doubt that ICE officers would use the devices appropriately and questioned why the devices would be necessary for civil immigration enforcement. "ICE spent the last year showing this country they are too quick to use force. Now they will be able to deploy electric shocks with the slight push of a button that maybe nobody else can see them do," she said. "Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to deliver terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public." Meanwhile, acting ICE Director David Venturella announced on Aug. 8 that federal agents will be equipped with body-worn cameras by the end of the month in a move to increase "transparency and accountability." The cameras are a key measure that congressional Democrats demanded during a months-long funding dispute earlier this year over the funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Democratic lawmakers in Congress have demanded that ICE be reformed following the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens by federal agents during operations in Minnesota earlier this year. Troy Myers and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 20:55

ICE is planning to spend up to $20 million on gloves for its agents that can deliver painful electric shocks, according to a DHS notice. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on the gloves and CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson discusses some of the constitutional questions that could come from their use.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who called it unnecessary and cruel.

US Homeland Security is expected to buy up to $20m in gloves amid criticism of the president's immigration crackdown.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the US may soon be equipped with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks. 

ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) plans to spend up to US$20 million on electric-shock gloves designed to help officers quickly gain compliance from individuals.

The federal immigration enforcement agency infamous for using excessive force is spending big on a new way to subdue detainees. ICE will spend up to $20 million on an order of electrified gloves that can deliver shocks so painful they can subdue a person within seconds. While electrified gloves that can bring anyone to their knees sound like fodder for a dystopian sci-fi novel, they’re actually already in use by law enforcement agencies and prisons around the country. The Department of Homeland Security disclosed the contract for a “conductive distraction and de-escalation device” in a notice first reported by the Associated Press. The gloves are made by Kentucky-based vendor Compliant Technologies, which specializes in “non-lethal solutions” for  law enforcement, corrections, security, and healthcare workers. The device, a model known as the CTG-5 Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or G.L.O.V.E., will be distributed to agents with Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement Removal Operations, the two primary enforcement divisions of ICE. The latter law enforcement wing of ICE is responsible for making arrests, executing deportations, and running detention centers – missions that have attracted widespread scrutiny during the second Trump administration.  While the G.L.O.V.E. is marketed as a “humane, low-optics, de-escalation solution” when used following the manufacturer’s guidelines, ICE is an agency with a long leash and a reputation for applying dangerous levels of force. The agency faced a nationwide outcry over its aggressive policing tactics earlier this year after immigration agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two bystanders observing the federal surge of enforcement activity in Minnesota. High tech law enforcement In its user manual, Compliant Technologies says that it doesn’t consider the gloves to be a weapon “due to the low electrical current deployed.” The glove can be activated within seconds by pressing a prominent button near the wrist. The electrical charge comes from contact pads on the palm, which can administer a shock to bare skin, but the current doesn’t travel through clothing or back to the officer wearing the device. The company discourages officers from touching the head, throat, chest and groin with the gloves and recommends applying the electrical shock for 15 seconds “per application.” On board battery stored in the side of the glove that can be recharged via USB. A built-in microprocessor stores thousands of “activation events” locally, keeping a record of when the gloves were used and how long they were electrified for – useful data for law enforcement accountability.   The gloves work by over-stimulating the sense of touch in the peripheral nervous system, a stimulus powerful enough to “distract the subject from performing coordinated muscle movement.” In demo videos at industry events, a rep for the company shows how a split second shock from the glove sends willing volunteers to the ground instantly. While Compliant Technologies states that the gloves don’t pose a significant health risk when used as directed, though they should be avoided for subduing elderly or disabled people, small children, and pregnant women. In its tactical use of force guidelines, the company declares that the device “SHALL NOT be deployed” in response to “verbal defiance or belligerence,” as torture, or as a punishment. A safer alternative? Like tasers, the shock gloves are sold to law enforcement agencies as a non-lethal alternative for subduing someone violently resisting arrest or posing a dangerous threat. Tasers, which work at substantially higher voltage, were linked to over 1,000 deaths between 2000 and 2017 but are still widely in use by law enforcement.  The shock gloves operate at a lower voltage than a taser does, but concerns still exist that a law enforcement agency known for bucking laws and rejecting accountability could misuse the devices. In 2023, an inmate of a jail located near Louisville, Kentucky filed a lawsuit alleging that a guard using the gloves shocked him for an extended period of time while he was already restrained in handcuffs and shackles.  “The last thing ICE needs is a new tool to inflict even more cruelty and pain on our community members,” the ACLU wrote on social media in response to news of the new ICE contract.

ICE planned to buy $20M electric shock gloves, sparking criticism from civil liberties groups over risks of force, accountability, and public harm.

ICE is seeking to buy electrified gloves for its agents and officers to use for "distraction and de-escalation" of situations.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from individuals.

Federal immigration agents are looking to buy gloves that can inflict electric shocks on detainees as President Donald Trump intensifies his mass arrest and deportation drive.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and agents with specialized gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. These plans were outlined in a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, with an unspecified quantity of the devices set to be delivered by March […]

The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics said they could encourage agents to use more force.

ICE officers will soon receive gloves that deliver a painful electric jolt to those who choose to fight rather than comply. The post Nolte: ICE to Receive Gloves that Deliver Electric Shock to De-Escalate Confrontations appeared first on Breitbart.

The masked secret police known for their use of excessive force are planning to spend up to $20 million on a dangerous new accessory. The Department of Homeland Security published a public notice Monday announcing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would spend between $10 million and $20 million to buy gloves that emit painful electric shocks.The devices, called G.L.O.V.E, or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, are manufactured by Compliant Technologies in Kentucky and advertised as a “humane, low-optics, de-escalation solution for many situations facing our men and women in uniform.”The manufacturer warns against using its device on elderly people, pregnant women, children, and the severely handicapped—individuals who have not been spared from the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigrants. The company also warns that the devices are not meant to be used against people merely exhibiting “verbal defiance or belligerence.” But federal immigration agents aren’t exactly known for making that distinction—with deadly consequences. Agents have continually threatened or attacked individuals who criticize or monitor their immigration enforcement activities. A senior DHS official told NBC News Wednesday that all ICE agents would begin wearing the electric gloves by the end of September. Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy project director on policing at the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Associated Press that federal immigration agents had not demonstrated their capacity to restrain themselves. “ICE spent the last year showing this country they are too quick to use force. Now they will be able to deploy electric shocks with the slight push of a button that maybe nobody else can see them do,” she said. “Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to deliver terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public.”Across the country, ICE agents have practiced excessive force, warrantless searches or arrests, racial profiling, and wrongful detentions. This notice follows the eleventh fatal shooting by federal immigration enforcement during President Donald Trump’s second term.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security. The […]

ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on shock-delivering gloves for officers, raising questions over how the devices will be used.

ICE plans to buy thousands of electric shock gloves for officers to gain compliance, seriously alarming civil rights advocates over potential misuse

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks. The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or G.L.O.V.E. that could...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security. The devices are known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. They have been used in recent years by some jails and police departments. DHS said Tuesday that it was working on a response to an Associated Press inquiry and offered no immediate comment. Jeff Niklaus, the founder and CEO of Compliant Technologies, wrote in an email, “Unfortunately, we are unable to speak on this subject.” The notice said the solicitation for a no-bid contract could be published as early as Friday. Civil rights advocates expressed alarm at the plan, saying ICE officers already face criticism for thei

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend…