NYPD starts using robots to fight crime

NEW YORK, April 12.

The NYPD has begun using robots to patrol the city’s subways and fight crime. The New York Post reported this, citing the city’s police chief, Keachant Sewell.

“To protect our modern city and forward-looking world, it’s important that our officers are equipped with the tools, training and technology necessary to do this job safely and effectively,” Sewell said.

Police are already using two “digital dogs,” which cost nearly $750,000 total, and are equipped with microphones, a camera and sensors. The maximum speed of these “digital dogs” is about 1.6 km / h. The robots, nicknamed “robot-dogs”, patrol the city’s main square, Times Square, and subway stations.

Earlier the Supervisory Board of the American city of San Francisco voted to prohibit the police to use robots to eliminate criminals. According to Council Chairman Dean Preston, residents believe the city “is not a place for killer robots.”

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