Jesse Arreguín is a Democratic member of the California State Senate who has represented the 7th District, which covers parts of Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties, since December 2024. He was mayor of Berkeley from 2016 to 2024 and served on the Berkeley City Council before that.
Case
California's AB 2760 bars all law enforcement, including federal agents, from using electric shock gloves. Newsom and the author defend the ban. DHS and a federal prosecutor reject California's authority over federal agents. As of October 1, 2026, no court has ruled.
Role at the time: California state senator and chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, closing the Senate floor debate on AB 2760
Response to this claim
Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins said the gloves are largely untested in real-world encounters, that a man died after being repeatedly shocked with them while in custody, and that public safety technology must be proven safe before it is deployed.
“And while this bill is principally focused on local law enforcement, it's worth noting that ICE recently approved a $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of these torture gloves to be deployed in communities throughout the United States. But our focus is on local law enforcement. I believe, I don't want our local police to be able to use these devices. That's why I support this bill.”
Relative to the ban as applied to federal officers, Arreguín supports the bill but says its focus is local law enforcement, and he does not argue that California can bind federal agents. He describes ICE's gloves in sharp terms, and he rests his own support on the risks to the public from local police use. We used Defended or excused because he defends the ban as enacted, which covers federal agencies, on safety grounds. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he sets the federal application aside, but he attaches no condition to his support.
Statement dates: August 31, 2026
Statement dates: August 31, 2026
Statement dates: August 31, 2026
