美国移民及海关执法部门（ICE）计划投入最多2000万美元购买能够释放电击的手套，用于应对抗拒配合的人员[1]。该部门目标是到3月份为大量执法人员配备这种装备[1]。
这种名为G.L.O.V.E.（Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter）的装置由肯塔基州Compliant Technologies公司制造[1]，已在部分监狱和警察部门投入使用[1]。无竞争招标合同通知最早将在周五发布[1]。设备制造商警告该装置不应被用作惩罚手段，也不应对儿童、孕妇、老年人或残疾人使用[1]。
人权倡导者对这一计划表示担忧[1]。美国公民自由联盟副项目主任詹·罗尔尼克·博切塔表示："ICE在过去一年里向这个国家证明他们太容易使用武力。现在他们将能够用轻微的按钮推动来释放电击。"[1]
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on specialized gloves capable of delivering electric shocks to uncooperative individuals [1]. The devices, known as G.L.O.V.E. (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter), are manufactured by Kentucky-based Compliant Technologies and have already been adopted by some prisons and police departments [1]. ICE aims to equip a significant number of enforcement officers with the equipment by March, with a sole-source contract notice expected to be released as early as Friday [1].
The manufacturer has issued guidance that the devices should not be used as punishment and must not be deployed against children, pregnant women, elderly individuals, or people with disabilities [1]. Civil rights advocates have expressed concern about the procurement. Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union, stated: "ICE has spent the past year proving to this country that they are too quick to use force. Now they will be able to deliver electric shocks with just a light button push" [1]. The initiative comes amid ongoing criticism of ICE enforcement personnel for excessive use of force [1].