ICE Agents To Wear Electric Shock Gloves: Here's How They Could Be Used
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security plans to buy electric shock gloves for immigration agents to help control people who resist during close encounters. These gloves deliver a small electric shock to distract and encourage compliance and are expected to be delivered by March 2027.Key Facts
- The gloves are called G.L.O.V.E. (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter).
- They are made by Compliant Technologies LLC, a company based in Kentucky.
- The gloves act like regular patrol gloves until activated by a switch.
- When activated, they deliver an electric stimulus to the skin to distract or interrupt muscle movement.
- ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to buy thousands of these gloves for Homeland Security investigations and enforcement agents.
- The device works only with direct skin contact and is not effective through clothes or hair.
- The gloves should only be used briefly (no more than 15 seconds usually) and not on vulnerable groups like children, pregnant women, or disabled people.
- The manufacturer warns the gloves should not be used as punishment or for verbal noncompliance alone.
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