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> Mr. Adams, a self-described “tech geek,” has already assigned a robot to patrol the Times Square subway station and *promoted a lasso-like device to restrain

by hmcq6 3y ago

> Mr. Adams, a self-described “tech geek,” has already assigned a robot to patrol the Times Square subway station and *promoted a lasso-like device to restrain emotionally disturbed people*. > His Police Department has used them to help control crowds. > “And soon, they will help us monitor our beaches for *unauthorized swimmers* and hazardous conditions.” > Last year, the city grappled with its worst lifeguard shortage on record, partly thanks to a pitched battle between the entrenched lifeguard unions and the Parks Department, which runs the beaches and pools.

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bookofjoe 3y ago
>Goodbye for Now to the Robot That (Sort Of) Patrolled New York’s Subway https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/nyregion/nypd-subway-robot-retires.html#:~:text=New%20York%20City%20has%20retired,straphangers%20wanted%20to%20abuse%20it https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/nyregion/nypd-subway-robo.... https://archive.ph/tZAk3 https://archive.ph/tZAk3 >The New York Police Department’s Knightscope K5 debuted in Times Square amid fanfare from Mayor Eric Adams. It ended its brief tour exiled to a vacant storefront, all alone. >The Police Department assigned officers to chaperone the K5, which could not navigate stairs and spent much of its time plugged into its charger. >It was an ignominious end for an experiment that Mayor Eric Adams, a self-described tech geek, hoped would help bring safety and order to the subways, at a time when crime remained a pressing concern for many New Yorkers. >"Eventually, this is going to be part of the fabric of our subway system," Mr. Adams said in September, when he hailed the robot's arrival in Times Square, part of a monthslong pilot project that he said was costing the city only $9 an hour. "This is below minimum wage," Mr. Adams said. "No bathroom breaks. No meal breaks. This is a good investment."

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>Goodbye for Now to the Robot That (Sort Of) Patrolled New York’s Subway https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/nyregion/nypd-subway-robot-retires.html#:~:text=New%20York%20City%20has%20retired,straphangers%20wanted%20to%20abuse%20it https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/nyregion/nypd-subway-robo.... https://archive.ph/tZAk3 https://archive.ph/tZAk3 >The New York Police Department’s Knightscope K5 debuted in Times Square amid fanfare from Mayor Eric Adams. It ended its brief tour exiled to a vacant storefront, all alone. >The Police Department assigned officers to chaperone the K5, which could not navigate stairs and spent much of its time plugged into its charger. >It was an ignominious end for an experiment that Mayor Eric Adams, a self-described tech geek, hoped would help bring safety and order to the subways, at a time when crime remained a pressing concern for many New Yorkers. >"Eventually, this is going to be part of the fabric of our subway system," Mr. Adams said in September, when he hailed the robot's arrival in Times Square, part of a monthslong pilot project that he said was costing the city only $9 an hour. "This is below minimum wage," Mr. Adams said. "No bathroom breaks. No meal breaks. This is a good investment."