The electric shock gloves ICE is spending up to $20 million on are already being given to police officers in Omaha public schools

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves, an emerging technology already being deployed by police in public schools in Omaha, Nebraska.

ICE will equip officers with high-tech gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, according to documents published this week by the Department of Homeland Security. AP News first reported the plans.

These devices, dubbed G.L.O.V.E. (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter), have already been deployed by law enforcement officials across the country. In May 2025, the city of Omaha, Nebraska, awarded the Omaha Police Department $65,924 for 40 units of the same electric shock gloves to be used in public schools, city documents show. 

“These gloves are being purchased for school resource officers as another use of force option with the goal of deescalating and preventing use of force situations,” according to correspondence from the police department to the city’s purchasing department.

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