The San Francisco Police Department is requesting permission for their robots to use deadly force

Local Today

By Keyla Prince

November 23, 2022

The San Francisco Police Department is currently applying to the city’s Board of Supervisors for permission to use robots to kill suspects that law enforcement agencies deem a sufficient threat that the “risk of death of members of the public, officials and any other force is imminent.” predominates option available for SFPD.” The draft policy, authored by the SFPD itself, also aims to “exclude hundreds of assault rifles from their inventory of military weapons and not include personnel costs in the price of their weapons,” according to a report. Mission Local.