Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.

Key points

• The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after The Associated Press first made public Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to provide officers the gloves.
• Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray requested that police working in the schools, known as school resource officers, stop using the gloves.
• Nevertheless, the suburban Bellevue police department that patrols two Omaha schools and the substantial Bellevue district noted its officers will continue carrying the gloves.

What happened

Notably, the decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after The Associated Press first made public Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to provide officers the gloves. It are known as G.L.O.V.E.s or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitters. The devices have additionally been employed over recent years by some jails.

Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray requested that police working in the schools, known as school resource officers, stop using the gloves. Omaha Police agreed.

Nevertheless, the suburban Bellevue police department that patrols two Omaha schools and the substantial Bellevue district noted its officers will continue carrying the gloves. Three other sizeable school districts in the metro area that have Omaha school resource officers assigned to their buildings have not taken action to stop police from using the devices.

The bottom line

For now, nebraskas largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.