Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying electric shock gloves in the halls of state’s largest public school district Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district. The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high

Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students  Chicago Tribune

Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students  AP News

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district

The Omaha Police Department held a news conference last week in which it demonstrated the glove, saying it quickly achieved compliance and control with little to no force. The gloves were used twice during the 2025-2026 school year, police said.

Omaha’s largest public school district has stopped law enforcement officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks in their work policing students

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would spend between $10 million and $20 million to buy gloves that emit painful electric shocks. The devices, called G.L.O.V.E, or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, are manufactured by Compliant Technologies in Kentuck