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Omaha Public Schools requests SROs to not carry shock gloves, effective immediately. Omaha Public Schools is fighting back after parents and students spoke out against the use of shock gloves in scho… (www.ketv.com)
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Full title: Omaha Public Schools requests SROs to not carry shock gloves, effective immediately. Omaha Public Schools is fighting back after parents and students spoke out against the use of shock gloves in schools.

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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 49 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

In addition to everything you instinctually felt about how horrible this is, according to the company's own documentation, these are not supposed to be used on children as it increases the chance of death

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cQ176YYgNl3VXCgLX0ScoihsfXyATpfY/view

Other highlights include:

  • multiple or prolonged shocks are lethal
  • disrupts the human heart
  • "cannot" be used on the head, face, throat, chest and groin
  • "cannot" be used on pregnant women, children, older adults, or people with disabilities
  • can deliver 90 minutes of shocks per charge
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Me when I'm trying to innocently do my job of shocking people in the street but I run out of charge after only 80 minutes (I should have gotten the 90 minute battery) and can no longer harras-- I mean protect people

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago

Luckily, as a member of ~~the gestapo~~ ice, you're part of the 3rd most well funded military in the world. We'll buy you two for when you have to beat the crowds.

That 90 minutes shit is just as insane as everything else. These are so very obviously designed to be used as a constant pain device. They want people to fill with terror at the sight of their oppressors.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 5 points 21 hours ago

Wow, yeah, 380V / 1.2A can absolutely be lethal if electrocuted… even in healthy adults. The most dangerous path for the electricity is from the hand or arm, as it can pass through the heart; which of course is exactly where you would grab a person with the glove.