California is banning local, state and federal law enforcement agents from using gloves that can release painful electric shocks to people in custody. The ban will take effect next year and remain in place until 2030. In August, it was reported ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of these gloves. The devices are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC based in Lexington, Kentucky, and have been used in recent years by police departments and jails.

This comes as ICE is preparing to hire an additional 5,000 new employees by the end of this year. The latest hiring surge was reported by The New York Times and comes after ICE quietly fired a wave of recent hires — who were quickly employed by the agency in 2025 without proper vetting or training amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.