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Committee hears demonstration and expert testimony on bill to authorize electronic glove "de-escalation" devices
Summary
Representative Mueller sponsored House Bill 48-43 to update Michigan law to acknowledge modern electro-muscular disruption glove technology for law enforcement and certain security personnel. Vendors and law-enforcement representatives testified; the ACLU of Michigan submitted a written opposition card.
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on House Bill 48-43 on technology described by proponents as an electro-muscular disruption, conductive distraction and de-escalation glove. Representative Mueller introduced the measure and said the bill would update Michigan law to allow modern devices that can be used by law enforcement and by private security officers who are CPL-certified.
Representative Mueller said the proposal would “legalize electronic glove technology” and that the bill limits possession to law enforcement and CPL-certified security in settings such as hospitals; “No civilians will be able to purchase these items,” he said on the record.
Jeff Kirkpatrick, representing the Michigan Court Officer/Deputy Sheriff's Association, said the bill would update language in existing law. Kirkpatrick told the…
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