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From the video in the article, it looks like the dog was deployed just to help make an arrest. Article is worded to imply the dog is in those projects permanent
by bananabiscuit 6y ago
From the video in the article, it looks like the dog was deployed just to help make an arrest. Article is worded to imply the dog is in those projects permanently “surveilling” but there’s no facts to back that up.
- snypher 6y agoHow could it possibly have helped arrest someone? Seems like it's being deployed as a chilling effect on residents.
- bananabiscuit 6y agoHere’s one possibility: Suspect is presumed to be armed and violent. A robot with cameras is sent into his apartment to scout instead of risking an officers life.
- snypher 6y agoI meant in this case. The article implies the human police deescalated the situation. A robot dog wouldn't make this any easier, and seems more likely to escalate the situation.
- drak0n1c 6y agoSend a disposable non-lethal robot in first so that any misunderstanding or ambush leads to a broken robot, and not dead residents or police.
- ilaksh 6y agoThey said it was there as backup. So they said well, maybe we will want to send the dog in to look, we will bring it in case. Then they got there and started talking to the guy, probably behind a door since they said he was barricaded. He eventually responded to that. So the guy didn't really get to use the robot. They didn't necessarily know they would be able to get into the apartment or room or communicate with him. The dog is just a mobile camera that is more expendable than sending in a person to scout out a situation.
- peanut_worm 6y agoEven if it were just for an arrest it is covered in cameras