ICE to use electric shock gloves

America’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
officers are to spend $10-20 million procuring new electric shock
gloves – much to the consternation of rights campaigners

Soon ICE agents like
this will be able to
electrocute arrestees
by just grabbing them

CT-G5 G.L.O.V.E.
(Generated Low
Output Voltage
Emitter)

Contact
pads: Deliver
324-362 volts
for sharp pain
(akin to bee
sting) that inhibits
coordinated muscle
movement, leading to
compliance in 3 seconds

Finger tips work
on smartphones

Velcro
strap

Power button:
Illuminates when on

Zipped compartment:
Removable
Lithium-ion
battery and CPU
(which records
activation
events)

USB-C
charging/
data port

Officers can grab
anywhere on body
except head, face,
throat, chest or groin

No more than two
gloves should be
applied to subject at
one time and they
should not be used for
more than 15 seconds

Gloves need to come
into direct contact with
skin – not effective
through clothing or hair

Sources: Reuters, AP, CNN, Compliant Technologies, Department of Homeland
Security. Pictures: Getty Images, Compliant Technologies
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