Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March. Officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. The manufacturer Compliant Technologies, says the devices function as a normal pair of patrol gloves until officers press a switch to activate their electrical mode. The gloves must be applied directly to someone’s skin to deliver a pain stimulus that typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds. John Peters, president of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, says he could envision ICE officers using the gloves to help remove uncooperative subjects from cars and houses and in and out of detention facilities.
