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I wonder if this abstraction would increase shootings or decrease them? Officers often fire because their adrenaline is up and they can claim their safety was
by StrictDabbler 4y ago
I wonder if this abstraction would increase shootings or decrease them?
Officers often fire because their adrenaline is up and they can claim their safety was jeopardized, even when the victim turns out to be unarmed.
If the officer is controlling a robot that might offer the chance to take a second and figure out a guy is just holding a cellphone.
Also, we'd be recording exactly the view the officer made a decision based on. No "oh, my body cam failed", or "oh, it looked different on the scene."
- kwere 4y agoalso being a multimillion $ system it will/should have pretty trained people behind controls
- speed_spread 4y agoI have no doubt that recorded video of controversial incidents could be "lost due to computer malfunction" or some other (un)fortunate mishap. The adrenaline argument is interesting. But conversely, if the intent is to de-escalate a situation, it's harder to establish trust via an armed machine.