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September 18, 2016 12:00 pm
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Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff
Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes the L.A. Times:An hours-long standoff in the darkness of the high desert came to a novel end when Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies used a robot to stealthily snatch a rifle from an attempted murder suspect, authorities said Thursday.Officials said the use of the robot to disarm a violent suspect was unprecedented for the Sheriff's Department, and comes as law enforcement agencies increasingly rely on military-grade technology to reduce the risk of injury during confrontations with civilians. "The robot was a game changer here," said Capt. Jack Ewell, a tactical expert with the Sheriff's Department -- the largest sheriff's department in the nation. "We didn't have to risk a deputy's life to disarm a very violent man."It was only later when the robot came back to also pull down a wire barricade that the 51-year-old suspect realized his gun was gone.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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