Cops used electrocution gloves to subdue high school students in Omaha, now the school district and parents are pleading with police to stop

Earlier in August, news broke that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to shell out $20 million to acquire thousands of electric-shock gloves. Dubbed the “Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter,” or G.L.O.V.E, the devices deliver a painful electric shock meant to immobilise anybody at the mere flick of a wrist. While the gloves may be new to the general American public, for the local cops, they have been there for a while. Moreover, they recently used them on two high school students.In Omaha, Nebraska, at least two high school students had been subdued by school resource officers using the gloves across the 2025-2026 school year, reported NPR. The first student was identified as trespassing at a different school, said Omaha police in a statement viewed by NPR. When he tried to flee, police applied a shock to his wrist for "approximately two seconds" to detain him.The second high schooler was enrolled in Omaha Public Schools' Integrated Learning Program, described as a "specialised program for students with social, emotional, behavioural and learning deficits." After this student made “verbal threats” and “threw a chair at the school security guard,” officers delivered two...