Omaha drops shock-glove tool from school policing amid backlash
Omaha Public Schools, the state’s largest district, will stop police in schools from using G.L.O.V.E.s—electric-shock gloves—on students after community pushback; the gloves had been used twice last year, Bellevue police will continue using them, and other area districts have not changed policies. The devices, costing about $66,000 for 40 units, deliver a brief shock on skin contact and were marketed as a less-lethal option, but critics warned about safety and disability concerns even as officials stressed their role in certain situations.
