U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is spending up to $20 million on electric shock gloves that, according to reporting, are already being provided to police officers in Omaha public schools. Fortune reports that the Omaha Police Department received more than $65,000 for 40 pairs of the gloves in May 2025.
Both outlets frame the issue as a connection between federal funding and local use, pointing to how the gloves are entering school-related policing before broader deployment. The coverage highlights the specific purchase amount, the number of pairs, and the timing of the award to Omaha, but does not indicate that Omaha has publicly detailed the operational policies governing their use. Differences across sources are mainly in emphasis: one focuses on ICE’s overall spending figure, while another centers on the Omaha distribution details.
Overall, the reports present the same core facts: ICE-linked funding is associated with electric shock gloves being supplied to Omaha Police Department officers connected to public schools, with a May 2025 procurement cited as evidence.
