New technology at the Oklahoma County jail. How officials say electric gloves could help improve safety.
The jail plans to start using electric gloves to deescalate a situation before it gets out of hand. In hopes of improving safety measures, the Oklahoma County jail says it plans to start using some new technology soon. The jail plans to start using electric gloves to deescalate a situation before it gets out of hand.
"We usually get compliance within three seconds with our main product called the GLOVE," Compliant Technologies Oklahoma distributor Justin Morris said. "It stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter. So, none of our products are pushing over 380 volts.""We're only grabbing enough motor units across the skin to stimulate the peripheral nervous system. Just the sensory portion of that. So, we don't cause any injury with our device.
"If it's lethal force, or somebody's trying to punch me in the face, that's an accelerated threat. So, I could use it to put in their face to either gain control, or just get distance, go ahead and draw another tool that I think might work better."
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