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November 30, 2022 05:19 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486090/robots-deadly-force-kill-san-francisco-police-approve
San Francisco approves use of remote-controlled robots to kill suspects
San Francisco’s police will be allowed to use remote-controlled robots to kill suspects. The city’s board of supervisors last night approved a controversial policy that lets police robots “be used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available.”
The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said it does not own any pre-armed robots and has no plans to arm its current machines, reports Sky News. As SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie explained in a statement, the department’s robots can now be equipped with explosives “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect” in “extreme circumstances to save or prevent further...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486090/robots-deadly-force-kill-san-francisco-police-approve
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