San Francisco Stuns With ARMED Police Robot Reveal
December 3, 2022
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as posted by the channelThe police department of San Fransisco is ready to arm robots with potentially lethal weapons, such as explosives, to use against suspects. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report.
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San Francisco police offer more details on plan for lethal robots
"Amid blowback from civil rights groups, the San Francisco Police Department has offered more details on a draft policy that would allow police robots to use lethal force against suspects as a last-resort option.
A similar policy proposal was defeated in Oakland, where police sought to outfit certain robots with live shotgun rounds. In a statement to SFGATE, the SFPD clarified that it would not seek to arm any of its robots with firearms but rather with explosives as an "intermediate force option" that could prove to be lethal.
"The SFPD does not own or operate robots outfitted with lethal force options and the Department has no plans to outfit robots with any type of firearm," spokesperson Allison Maxie said in a statement. "As an intermediate force option, robots could potentially be equipped with explosive charges to breach fortified structures containing violent, armed, or dangerous subjects or used to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect who pose a risk of loss of life to law enforcement or other first responders by use of any other method, approach, or contact."
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