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District requests shock gloves not see use in schools

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.

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13 articles, oldest first.

  1. Newsweek

    Omaha schools ban electric shock gloves used on two students after uproar (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Omaha Police Department has suspended the use of electric shock gloves after they were used on two students in schools.

  2. Bangor Daily News

    Omaha’s largest public school district stops officers from using electric shock gloves (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    Police officers at Omaha’s largest public school district will no longer use gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, after the superintendent asked to halt the program this week, the mayor said.

  3. KOB 4

    Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Omaha police agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district. Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray requested that school resource officers stop using the gloves.

  4. KOB 4

    Omaha’s largest school district stops officers from using electric shock gloves on students (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Omaha’s largest public school district has stopped law enforcement officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks in their work policing students. School Superintendent Matthew Ray asked Tuesday for school resource officers to stop using the gloves.

  5. Omaha World-Herald

    Emails show Omaha school districts were made aware of shock gloves in 2023 (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Email records from the Omaha Police Department show OPS and other districts were first notified in 2023 about the potential use of shock gloves by school resource officers.

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    District requests shock gloves not see use in schools (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.

  7. The Guardian

    Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Omaha police agreed to stop carrying electric shock gloves in the halls of state’s largest public school district Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska ’s largest public school district.

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