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Draft policy proposal would authorize SF Police to use deadly force with robots - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33726496 - Nov 2022 (209 comments)
Robots authorized to kill in SFPD draft policy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33720719 - Nov 2022 (11 comments)
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Yeah this happened in the Dallas police shooting a few years back. The suspect was holed up in a parking structure so they sent a bomb disposal robot with a bomb attached and blew the dude up.
Technically, wasn't it just doing its normal job? It disposed of a bomb, and the suspect was just some convenient collateral.
It makes sense since most police departments are short staffed and things will only get worse in the future
That project won't improve things on that front. Those robots need to be bought, then they need an operator and at least some maintenance. You could probably hire 3+ cops for the price of one patrolling robot, or try to actually train those you have in sensible law enforcement. There are better uses of the money basically everywhere.
You can’t hire them because a lot of people no longer want to serve as a police officer due to various cultural and societal changes in recent years. Hence, the inevitable rise of automation and AI in law enforcement. The police shortages have been here before Floyd and the pandemic
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Or someone else's life is at risk.
this is a misconception. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-po...
To be clear though, that's all I'm saying. I'm not making a statement about my overall thoughts on the US's police system.