Volume 40 No. 27

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins’s Bill Would Pause Law Enforcement’s Use of Shock Gloves Pending Study

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media

A bill temporarily prohibiting law empt.

will do,” Sharp-Collins told her colenforcement agencies from using

Newsom has until September 30 to leagues. electric shock gloves in California sign or veto the bill. If he takes no The device at the center of the deis awaiting action by Gov. Gavin action, it will become law without bate is known as the G.L.O.V.E., an Newsom.

his signature.

acronym for Generated Low Output

Assembly Bill (AB) 2760, authored

Sharp-Collins introduced the mea- Voltage Emitter. U.S. Immigration by Assemblymember LaShae Sharp- sure after reviewing information in- and Customs Enforcement awarded Collins (D-San Diego), passed the dicating that the devices could cause a $16.7 million contract for 6,000 Senate 29-9 on Aug. 31. The As serious injury or death if used with- pairs of the gloves, which are desembly concurred in Senate amend- out adequate safeguards and train- signed to deliver an electric shock ments the same day on a 55-16 vote. ing.

through an officer’s hand.

The bill would prohibit state, lo-

“AB 2760 draws a line that public

For most of the legislative session, cal and federal law enforcement safety technology must be proven AB 2760 addressed an unrelated agencies from using wearable elec- safe and accountable before it is em- subject. The original proposal would troshock devices in California until ployed. Not after someone is killed have authorized county boards of Jan. 1, 2030. It would also bar agen- or injured,” said Sharp-Collins, a supervisors to establish inspectors cies from using state funds to pur- member of the California Legisla- general to oversee agencies such chase the devices and require them tive Black Caucus (CLBC).

as animal control departments and to update their use-of-force policies accordingly.

“Our commitment is to protect our county probation offices. communities, especially the most Traditional handheld devices, in- vulnerable. That is what AB 2760 cluding tasers and stun guns, are ex- is about and that is what AB 2760

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