by dankeelan | Nov 16, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Drones
Police helicopters could be replaced with military-grade drones as part of a major tech upgrade across some forces in England and Wales. Chairwoman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Donna Jones revealed chiefs have been “pushing strongly”...
by dankeelan | Jun 15, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Robots
Singapore will “progressively deploy” more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials. Robots were deployed at Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 starting in April “to augment frontline...
by dankeelan | May 25, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Robots
A $278,000 robotic dog was approved by the Los Angeles City Council, despite some council members expressing “grave concerns” about the Boston Dynamics-manufactured device. The “Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle” was offered as a donation...
by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Robots
In November, the San Francisco Police Department proposed approving the use of remote-controlled robots with deadly force. This was after a law came into effect requiring California officials to define the authorized use of military-grade equipment. It would have...
by dankeelan | Jun 9, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Drones, Featured
Flying stun gun plan in response to US school shootings was expression of potential, not launch timetable, says CEO Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, has abandoned plans to build a stun gun-equipped drone intended for deployment in schools after an “exodus”...
by dankeelan | Sep 17, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Drones
Drones have been a problem for prisons for years now, where they’re often used to smuggle contraband behind bars. But could they also get inmates out of prison by airlifting them over the walls? That’s one worry expressed by federal prison officers in...
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