2026年8月27日 / 美国东部时间晚上7:32 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网
美国移民海关总署（ICE）已获批一份价值1670万美元的无竞标合同，用于采购6000只可释放电击的手套。该机构称，这款新型武力使用工具将帮助警员控制反抗的被拘留者，避免使用更致命的重型武器。
这款被命名为G.L.O.V.E.，即“低输出电压发生器（Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter）”的设备，在警员激活“电击模式”前，与普通巡逻手套无异。激活后，该设备必须直接接触人体皮肤，释放足以让人痛苦的电击以迫使对方服从。
在周四发布于联邦数据库的合同文件中，ICE将这类手套描述为“导电型 distraction（分散注意力）与降级冲突工具”，并表示这项新技术将为执法人员在逮捕、押解被拘留者以及拘留设施周边骚乱事件中提供一种低强度武力选项。根据该机构的采购理由，当人员“主动或被动反抗”且警员需要快速控制局面时，可使用该手套。
联邦记录显示，ICE已于周三与肯塔基州的康 pliant Technologies LLC公司签署该合同，并于周四正式公布中标信息。这份为期六个月的合同涵盖手套、配套设备及相关服务，单只手套售价为2495美元。
该机构表示，这类设备可减少执法部门对肢体暴力的依赖，在更危险的对峙场景中，为警员提供除枪械之外的替代选择。
“在针对ICE警员和特工的威胁与暴力行为达到前所未有的水平之际，ICE目前尚无空手武力工具可提供给外勤人员，以确保他们能在局势升级为暴力之前，通过降级冲突手段化解危机。”该机构在采购文件中写道。
ICE称，手套将在获批的政策、培训要求和问责标准框架下部署，但采购文件并未详细说明这些保障措施。
康 pliant Technologies的使用手册要求使用者“在使用武力前，始终给被控制对象合理的服从机会”。手册建议单次使用时长不超过15秒，除非被控制者行为愈发暴力或危及他人安全。该公司还明确表示，该设备不得用于惩罚他人，且不得用于老年人、孕妇、幼儿或“重度残障人士”。
2023年3月22日，在俄克拉荷马城俄克拉荷马县拘留中心的一场演示后，由康 pliant Technologies LLC研发的G.L.O.V.E.手套放置在桌上。（布雷特·迪克森/俄克拉荷马城自由报 美联社供图）布雷特·迪克森
ICE本月早些时候首次公布了这项采购计划，该计划遭到国会民主党议员和民权倡导者的反对。他们质疑该手套的使用方式，以及ICE是否有足够的保障措施防止滥用。
内华达州参议员凯瑟琳·科尔特斯·马斯托与其他15名民主党议员周四敦促ICE放弃这项采购计划，警告称在民事移民逮捕行动中使用 capable of inflicting an electric shock（可释放电击）的设备，会引发关于武力相称性、医疗安全、宪法权利和监督的诸多质疑。
“能够通过直接接触人体释放电击的设备，若在民事逮捕行动中使用，将带来巨大风险。”参议员们写道，并补充道，如果没有明确的使用限制、充分的培训和全面的监督，相关风险还会进一步升高。议员们要求ICE公开其授权使用规则、保障措施以及审查使用情况的程序。
美国国土安全部为此次采购辩护，指责批评者试图剥夺联邦执法人员的安全装备。在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网的一份声明中，国土安全部发言人将民主党人的反对称为“卑劣且蓄意破坏、危及我们警员的企图”。
“ICE一直在评估外勤警员的需求，确保他们拥有安全逮捕并驱逐我国境内犯罪性非法移民所需的工具和装备。每一项决策都经过审慎考量并进行了适当审查，以确保ICE使用的任何技术都符合所有适用的执法政策和标准。”该发言人补充道，并称执法人员“接受过降级冲突战术的高强度培训”。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网已联系康 pliant Technologies置评。
该合同标志着该手套技术实现重大拓展，此前该技术主要由地方警局和监狱使用。批评者认为，这一新举措可能会让移民官员在日常执法遭遇中更轻易地施加痛苦，且武力使用情况更难被公众察觉。
近几个月来，ICE因其武力使用做法备受审视，包括上个月在缅因州和德克萨斯州的车辆拦截行动中，ICE特工开枪击毙两人。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ice-to-spend-up-to-20-million-on-electric-shock-gloves/
ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves
August 27, 2026 / 7:32 PM EDT / CBS News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 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 and avoid using more serious or lethal weapons.
Dubbed the G.L.O.V.E., or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, the device operates as a conventional patrol glove until an officer activates its “electrical mode.” Once activated, the device must make direct contact with a person’s skin to deliver a painful shock designed to force compliance.
In contract paperwork released on a federal database Thursday, ICE describes the gloves as “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices,” and says the new technology will offer personnel a lower-impact option during arrests, detainee transports and disturbances surrounding detention facilities. According to the agency’s procurement rationale, the gloves may be used when a person is “actively or passively resisting” and an officer needs to gain control quickly.
Federal records show ICE signed the contract Wednesday with a Kentucky-based company known as Compliant Technologies LLC, but formally posted the award Thursday. The six-month deal includes the gloves, support equipment and services. The gloves themselves cost $2,495 apiece.
The agency argues the devices reduce agency reliance on physical force and, in more dangerous encounters, grant officers an alternative to resorting to a firearm.
“ICE does not currently have an empty hand use of force device to provide to the field amidst unprecedented levels of threats and violence against ICE officers and agents to help ensure they can de-escalate tense situations before they turn violent,” the agency wrote in procurement documents.
ICE said the gloves would be deployed under approved policies, training requirements and accountability standards, though procurement documents do not account for those safeguards in detail.
Compliant Technologies’ instruction manual says users of the gloves should “always give the subject(s) a reasonable opportunity to comply before force is used.” It suggests using them for up to 15 seconds, unless the subject becomes more violent or endangers people. The company also states that the devices should not be used to punish people, and shouldn’t be used on the elderly, pregnant women, small children or “the severely handicapped.”
The G.L.O.V.E., developed by Compliant Technologies LLC, sits on a table after a demonstration at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City, March 22, 2023. (Brett Dickerson/Oklahoma City Free Press via AP) Brett Dickerson
ICE first announced the planned purchase earlier this month. The plan has drawn opposition from congressional Democrats and civil rights advocates who question how the gloves will be used and whether ICE has adequate safeguards in place to prevent abuse.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and 15 other Democratic senators urged ICE on Thursday to abandon the purchase, warning that a device capable of inflicting an electric shock during civil immigration arrests raises questions about proportionality, medical safety, constitutional rights and oversight.
“A device capable of delivering an electrical shock through direct contact with an individual presents substantial risks if deployed during civil arrests,” the senators wrote, adding that the risks would be heightened without clear limits, adequate training and comprehensive oversight. Lawmakers demanded that ICE disclose its rules for authorized uses, safeguards and procedures for reviewing deployments, moving forward.
The Department of Homeland Security has defended the purchase, accusing critics of trying to deny federal law enforcement officers safety equipment. In a statement to CBS News, a DHS spokesperson called the pushback from Democrats “despicable and a deliberate attempt to undermine and endanger our officers.”
“ICE is constantly assessing the needs of our officers in the field to ensure they have the tools and equipment necessary to safely arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country. Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards,” the spokesperson said, adding that personnel are “highly trained in de-escalation tactics.”
CBS News has reached out to Compliant Technologies for comment.
The contract marks a meaningful expansion for the glove technology that up until this point has been used primarily by local police departments and jails. Critics argue the new tactic could make it easier for immigration officers to inflict pain during routine law enforcement encounters, with use of force even less visible to the public.
ICE has drawn scrutiny in recent months for its use-of-force practices, including attempted vehicle stops in Maine and Texas last month that ended with ICE agents fatally shooting two people.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ice-to-spend-up-to-20-million-on-electric-shock-gloves/
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