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DHS Equips ICE Officers with Electric Shock Gloves

10 articles from 9 outlets First seen: August 11, 2026
Outlets: 3 left · 4 center · 1 right · 1 unclassified · Earliest publisher-stamped report: Guardian and apnews.com

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Reported by only one outlet

The devices, called Glove (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter), are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky.
Guardian — US — no other outlet we ingested carried this

Framing spectrum · 9 outlets

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Range 4–30/100 (Wire-neutral → Mainstream) Average 24 Articles by lean: 3 left · 5 center · 1 right · 1 unclassified

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): among the earliest were Guardian and apnews.com — stamps within 90 minutes.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 3 3 Axios, Guardian, The Verge
Center 4 5 Al Jazeera English, BBC, The Hill, apnews.com
Right 1 1 Washington Examiner
Unclassified 1 1 PBS NewsHour
Report-by-report timeline · 10
Aug 11 23:35 Guardian ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves Aug 12 00:40 apnews.com ICE to Acquire Electric Shock Gloves for Officers Aug 12 01:50 The Hill DHS announces plans to equip ICE officers with electric shock gloves Aug 12 02:42 Washington Examiner DHS to Equip Officers with Electroshock Gloves for De-escalation Aug 12 16:58 The Verge ICE plans to equip agents with electrified gloves for compliance Aug 12 17:54 Axios ICE to Introduce Electric Shock Gloves for Officers Aug 12 18:46 PBS NewsHour ICE to Purchase Electric Shock Gloves for Officers Aug 12 19:21 BBC US immigration agency to purchase electric shock gloves for enforcement officers Aug 12 21:53 BBC ICE to invest $20 million in electric shock gloves for agents Aug 12 22:22 Al Jazeera English US Homeland Security to Purchase Electric-Shock Gloves for ICE Officers

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