The claim that the police are trying to equip robots with lethal weapons
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Some military and police forces have introduced bomb disposal robots to dispose of explosives without endangering human life. The Auckland Police Department also operates the Andros Mark 5A-1 made by Northrop Grumman. reports.
Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/17/police-robot-gun-oakland/
NEW: Oakland Police want to load live 12 gauge shotgun rounds into their bomb-defusing robots in order to kill people during certain circumstances. https://t.co/hjSQ0eQDaP
— Sam Biddle (@samfbiddle) October 17, 2022
Oakland Police Want to Arm Robots With Shotguns, Because We Live in a Dystopian Nightmare
https://futurism.com/oakland-police-robots-shotgun
The discussion that the Oakland Police Department in California is considering using robots with lethal capabilities began at a subcommittee meeting of the Oakland City Police Commission on September 21, 2022. Under California law, police must obtain approval from the city council to establish guidelines for using stun grenades and drones as weapons, and even at this meeting, flash grenades and tear gas were initially used. Gas was being discussed.
However, two hours into the meeting, the discussion shifted to the robot and its attachments. One of them is a tool called 'PAN disruptor'. This equipment is often used at explosives disposal sites, and a metal pipe is filled with an empty shotgun cartridge or pressurized water, and the explosives are destroyed by the impact of the shotgun.
In the following movie you can see where you actually use PAN disruptor.
2021 Cambridge Science Festival - Bomb Squad - YouTube
The metal tool at the feet of a man in a protective suit is a PAN disruptor.
To use, place a PAN disruptor on the explosive.
And when the PAN disruptor is operated remotely, the water packed inside will erupt and blow away the explosives.
Auckland police wanted a PAN disruptor for the Andros Mark 5A-1. Subcommittee member Jennifer Tu asked, 'Can live ammunition be physically loaded? What will happen if live ammunition is used?' After acknowledging that it can be loaded, he said that he would not do that because it was originally intended to be used with blank cartridges and that the $ 3,000 (about 440,000 yen) parts would break if he fired a live bullet. Commissioner Tu said, ``If anyone has a tool, they will want to use it. If you have a hammer, everyone looks like a nail. I was.
In fact, in 2016, the Dallas Police Department carried explosives with Andros Mark 5A-1 to the criminal who shot and killed five police officers and killed them, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation said, ``Armed drones and armed robots to the police. I warn you not to let it go.'
There are also concerns that the police have a lot of discretion, and in the 2020 riots triggered by the death of George Floyd, there were cases in which technology that was originally intended for military use was used to suppress it. About.
Liz O'Sullivan, CEO of Parity, a startup that monitors AI discrimination, told The Intercept, ``It's not that we don't want to discuss how to use these tools safely. The use of such a tool may seem rational, but it can easily be changed with a little modification or a different type of ammunition. It's easy to imagine it being a weapon against democratic dissent.'
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