Omaha Public Schools Seeks Ban on Shock Gloves After 2 Student Uses
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Updated · Newsweek · Aug 20
Omaha Public Schools Seeks Ban on Shock Gloves After 2 Student Uses
3 articles · Updated · Newsweek · Aug 20
Summary
Superintendent Matthew Ray asked Omaha and Bellevue police to stop letting school resource officers carry G.L.O.V.E. devices on district property after officers used them on two students in 2025-26.
Those incidents involved a 2-second wrist shock at Omaha South High and two deployments at the district's Integrated Learning Program after a student allegedly threatened staff, threw a chair and punched a guard.
Parents and board members said they were never formally told the devices had been introduced in schools, warning of risks to students with disabilities and calling the campuses a testing ground for new force technology.
Omaha police said the gloves were a trained de-escalation tool and less impactful than tasers, spray, batons or firearms, but later suspended their use in schools after the district's request.
The dispute has widened beyond Nebraska as critics in California cite Omaha's cases alongside ICE's planned purchase to press for broader bans.