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

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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 schools came after the Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE )’s plan to give officers the “Gloves” – or “generated low output voltage emitters”. The devices have also been used in recent years by some jails. Continue reading...