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Original Date Announced
August 10, 2026Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with Compliant Technologies LLC to spend up to $20 million on Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter (GLOVE) devices, gloves that emit electric shocks. According to DHS records, the new technology will be issued to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents.
According to the Associated Press, the devices function as a normal pair of patrol gloves until officers press a switch to activate their electric mode. The gloves must be applied directly to someone’s skin to deliver a pain stimulus, which typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds.
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2026.08.10 APFS F2026074524 - ICE Contract for G.LO.V.E.Effective Date
August 10, 2026Subsequent Trump and Court Action
September 29, 20262026.09.26 CA Legislature AB2760 - Wearable Electroshock Device Ban
California passed a law banning local, state, and federal law enforcement officers from using electric-shock gloves in the state. The law will take effect in 2027 and remain in place until 2030.
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Status: Reported Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: EnforcementAgencies Affected: ICEAssociated or Derivative Policies
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Commentary
2024.10.21 Army Report on Electric Shock Gloves
A previously unreleased study by the U.S. Army, obtained in response to a FOIA request in August 2026, shows that the electric shock gloves immigration agents plan to use on detainees and protesters had profound impacts on the study's participants. The shocks caused participants, several of whom were large-statured men, to feel intense pain, stop fighting immediately, and excessively fear additional shocks. ICE officials were aware of the study's findings before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves.
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