Police in Omaha, Nebraska are catching a ton of flak after revealing that they deployed electric shock gloves on two separate students during the 2025-2026 school year. One of the students was enrolled in a special education program.
After the news broke, Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray pleaded with the city police department to stop using the electrocution gloves against students. Though Omaha police refer to the gloves as their “safest use-of-force option” for subduing suspects, they agreed not to deploy the devices in schools anymore, according to the Associated Press.
Still, questions remain as to how much the district knew about the devices before they were deployed. Though Ray says he only learned about the gloves last week, local station KETV reported that police had informed school administrators about the devices as far back as 2023.
The district’s request comes as outraged parents and students speak out against the extremely controversial devices, which are being procured by local and federal law enforcement agencies at an alarming clip.
