ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves
3 sources·Updated August 28, 2026
ICE shock gloves contract
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- CBC World News·6d agoICE to purchase thousands of electric-shock gloves
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist.
Read at CBC World News → - Geo Ent PK·Aug 28ICE signs $16.7m deal for 6,000 electric-shock gloves as lawmakers raise oversight concerns
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent looks on as an individual is detained outside a home in Danbury, Connecticut, U.S., August 27, 2026.— Reuters WASHINGTON: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has approved a $16.7 million procurement contract for 6,000
Read at Geo Ent PK → - CBS News Top·Aug 27ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves
ICE has granted a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 gloves that can deliver electric shocks, a new use-of-force tool that the agency claims will help officers control resisting detainees.
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