Jesse Arreguín
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.”
The Senate floor debate on AB 2760 on August 31, 2026. The segment is the closing remarks of Senator Jesse Arreguin, chair of the Public Safety Committee, who presented the bill for the author. In his opening presentation (about 3:02 into the video file) he also says the Peace Officers Research Association of California, the California Police Chiefs Association and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen had announced neutrality after amendments adding a sunset and a study.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
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.