'It’s immediate and sharp': How the electric shock gloves work

The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves

In 2022, Assistant Chief Adam Glueck, of the Cape Girardeau Police Department in southeastern Missouri, purchased electric shock gloves for his officers after learning about them at a trade show. And his employees, he said, couldn’t get enough of them. “If I try to take away the gloves from those officers at this point I […]

Aug 15, 2026

'It’s immediate and sharp': How the electric shock gloves work

The manufacturer says the devices function as a normal pair of gloves - until you press a switch to activate their electrical mode.

Aug 12, 2026

ICE plans to equip officers with electric shock gloves

A device designed to enforce compliance by delivering a painful electric shock is condemned by a former ICE director and elected officials.

Aug 13, 2026

ICE plans to put electric-shock gloves on officers' hands

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin using electric shock gloves designed to cause pain and disrupt a person's ability to react. The big picture: The gloves could give ICE officers a new way to use force as their tactics face intense scrutiny after several deaths and violent encounters . Driving the news: ICE plans to spend between $10 and $20 million on the gloves and issue them to Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement Removal Operations officers and agents, per a Depar

Aug 12, 2026

ICE Agents Could Soon Be Wearing Electric Shock Gloves

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could soon take to the streets equipped with gloves that deliver painful electric shocks to combative arrest targets. The federal government plans to spend up to $20 million on thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” by March, according to the Associated Press and a Monday Department of Homeland ...

Aug 12, 2026