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The councilors of the City Council that the Municipal Police can use remote-controlled robots capable of killing people in emergency situations.
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The San Francisco Police Department currently has a dozen functional ground robots that are used to test bombs.
PRESS EUROPE Los advisers from San Francisco City Hall they voted this Tuesday authorize to Policeman from the city for them to use robot checked at a distance that can kill people emergency situations.
With eight votes in favor and a train againstmost in consistory from San Francisco has agreed to grant the option to the Policeman Despite strong objections from advocacy groups freedom civilians and other groups of supervision policemanhe reported ‘The hill’.
Los bosses Police they have repeatedly asked for the provision, emphasizing the need to be able to take sides robot with force planes in cases “extremely rare against violent suspects”as attackers in shootouts terrorists suicide.
“Los robot equipped that way they would only be used in circumstances extreme to save or prevent further loss of innocent lives,” the spokeswoman for the San Francisco Police, Allison Maxi.
For the opponents of the provision, however, this authorization would lead to “further militarization” of the force policeman which, according to civil liberties groups, “is already too aggressive with poor and minority communities”according to the aforementioned newspaper.
The St. Police Francisco currently has one dozen earth robots in operation which are used to assess bombs or provide vision in emergency situations. small visibility.
