Robots keep officers out of harm’s way
‘Police and fire officials in the metropolitan region are taking uniformed officers out of danger by using federally funded robots to find bombs and criminals, and perform other high-risk duties.
“Why put an officer in harm’s way?” asked Sgt. Jim Craige of the Alexandria Police Department. “Why put an officer in the threat of gunfire or an unknown chemical substance when we can send [a robot] in?”
Earlier this month, police officers in King and Queen, Va., used a robot equipped with a camera and a listening device to end a standoff with a murder suspect without having to enter the house. ‘
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