Lexington company’s stun glove under consideration for ICE agents; supporters and critics weigh in
- On Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced plans to spend up to $20 million on shock-compliance gloves from Lexington-based Compliant Technologies to equip officers with electrical restraint devices.
- The Omaha Police Department has deployed G.L.O.V.E. technology among school resource officers since 2025, describing the gloves as a less-lethal option intended to reduce injuries during resistive encounters.
- Despite manufacturer claims of 'immediate compliance,' critics cite a 2024 death at Madison County Detention Center where Jonathan Mansfield received 27 glove shocks and 13 from a TASER, raising safety concerns.
- New York State Attorney General Letitia James called the proposal 'arbitrary and capricious,' while the ACLU of Kentucky and immigration attorney Heather Hadi expressed deep concern about inflicting pain on individuals in custody.
- The Department of Homeland Security defends the acquisition as necessary for officer safety, though the manufacturer warns against using the gloves on children, pregnant women, or elderly populations.
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The US Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) agencies could soon receive gloves capable of administering electric shocks of up to 380 volts. The Department of Internal Security intends to allocate up to $20 million for the purchase of devices, the plan raising civil rights organisations' concerns.
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The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $20 million to equip Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with gloves that can deliver an electric shock, and a law enforcement officer’s recently unearthed admission left multiple immigration advocates stunned on Saturday.In 2024, Adam Glueck, then assistant chief of police for the Cape Girardeau Police Department in Missouri, spoke on a video podcast about his agency having recently purc…
In the US, they plan to detain violators with electric shock gloves. Violators may soon be detained in the US with electric shock gloves. Human rights activists fear that the technology could facilitate the imperceptible use of force and create additional risks of abuse.
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