ICE plans to buy electric shock gloves, raising US rights concerns

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : A note on the website of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of which ICE is a part, says ICE plans to spend up to US$20 million on CTG-5 Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, or GLOVE units.
55% : " ICE officers are trained in de-escalation tactics and regularly receive "ongoing use of force training," the DHS said.
54% : "Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilises is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards," a DHS spokesperson said.
41% : More than 50 people have died in ICE custody nationwide since Trump took office ⁠in January last year, according to the immigration agency.
31% : Fatal shootings by ICE agents of two US citizens in Minnesota earlier this year and concerns by rights groups about conditions in ICE detention centres have led to nationwide protests against the agency's tactics.
15% : The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, alarming rights advocates who have condemned the action of ICE during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

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