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ICE Plans to Spend $20M to Buy Electric Shock Gloves
Civil rights advocates warned the gloves could expand force as ICE plans to equip officers with a device that delivers shocks within seconds.
- ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on thousands of wearable devices capable of delivering painful electric shocks to help officers gain compliance from people considered combative.
- The devices, called G.L.O.V.E. , are manufactured by Kentucky-based Compliant Technologies and can be activated by a switch when an officer makes direct contact with a person’s skin.
- ICE’s planned acquisition has drawn criticism from civil liberties advocates, who argue that the technology could be misused and raises concerns about excessive force and accountability during immigration enforcement operations.
- The manufacturer says the gloves are intended as a non-lethal compliance tool, while officers must complete training and be recertified every two years, with the company warning against using them as punishment or on vulnerable people.
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The Ministry of Homeland Security is going to buy between $10 million and $20 million in gloves, according to the American media, which is already being used by some police forces and prison officers in the country.
·Paris, France
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A former director of the agency talks about possible "too easy" drifts against "a population that poses no danger".
·Montreal, Canada
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The project of equipping American police officers within the framework of the ICE (American Federal Agency for Immigration and Customs Control) with gloves with electrical impulses has caused in recent days a wave of concern for potential abuses such as such an instrument to reach the hands of a police force already criticized for its excess of zeal and ...
·Romania
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