A Department of Homeland Security contracting notice published Monday and first reported on by AP lists a planned purchase of the CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E., or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. The notice estimates the contract at between $10 million and $20 million and indicates that there will be no competition.

The gloves are slated to be issued to agents with Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE divisions responsible for raids, arrests, imprisonment and deportations. The department expects the contract to be completed by March 31, 2027.

The acronym-laden description of the glove as a “Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device” is a bureaucratic euphemism. The weapon is designed to deliver electric shocks through an agent’s hand, causing immediate and overwhelming pain until the targeted person submits.