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Who Let the Dogs Out? Robotic Dogs Are the Newest (and Scariest) Surveillance Tech in U.S. Police Departments
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2024
by Jo Ellen Nott
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2024, page 34
Filed under:
Police State-Surveillance,
Electronic Surveillance.
Locations:
California,
United States of America.
by Jo Ellen Nott
After months of debate, the Los Angeles City Council approved the donation of a $280,000 robotic police dog in late May of 2023 in a rowdy public meeting that saw disruptive protestors ejected and banners displayed that read “No Robot Dogs.”
The Boston Dynamics robotic canine ...
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