Bystanders in New York City were stunned this week when cops left a public housing complex with a handcuffed man and a robot law enforcement dog trotting after them.
The four-legged machine - shown below - was built by Boston Dynamics, and has been dispatched to crime scenes across the American metropolis since October, according to Gothamist.
https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-deploys-alarming-robot-dog-manhattan-public-housing-complex
Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild pic.
Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild pic.twitter.com/iG7CTPFevH
— THEE DON (@1800SPOILED) April 12, 2021
Police said they had brought the robo doggo along to the domestic incident though it was not used. The man was cuffed for possession of weapons, it was reported. It's not clear how Boston Dynamics' canine devices can actually help police departments and what NYPD is in mind for them, though we can imagine them being sent into a room or building with cameras attached to scope out a situation before officers swoop in.
Still, it has caught the attention of the Big Apple's denizens. A non-profit org based in New York City and focused on privacy, The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P), condemned the use of the technology.
"The NYPD is turning bad science fiction into real life," its executive director Albert Fox Cahn, said in a statement. "There is no reason why our city should be spending $70,000 on yet another invasive surveillance tool."
https://www.stopspying.org/latest-news/2021/4/14/stop-renews-condemnation-of-nypd-robot-dog
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