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US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects

US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects

A police officer uses a robot to investigate a bomb threat in San Francisco in 2008. The city became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week when supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects. _MICHAEL MACOR/SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA AP

December 6, 2022
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S AN FRANCISCO (AP) — The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.

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