{"id":228295,"date":"2021-04-16T04:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T04:54:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:54:55","slug":"is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#Is NYPD robot dog true blue or just a cop-out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a94ab3f19c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a94ab3f19c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out\/#PRO_Bot_perfect_for_hostage_situations\" >PRO: Bot perfect for hostage situations\u00a0<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out\/#By%E2%80%89Pat_Smith\" >By\u2009Pat Smith<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out\/#CON_NYers_%E2%80%98sic_of_watchdogs_already\" >CON: NYers \u2018sic\u2019 of watchdogs already\u00a0<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-nypd-robot-dog-true-blue-or-just-a-cop-out\/#By_Christian_Britschgi\" >By Christian Britschgi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Is NYPD robot dog true blue or just a cop-out?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PRO_Bot_perfect_for_hostage_situations\"><\/span>PRO: Bot perfect for hostage situations\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By%E2%80%89Pat_Smith\"><\/span>By\u2009Pat Smith<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Robot dog or cop shot? Seems like a no-brainer. But the anti-police mob, including several pandering politicians who would be mayor, somehow have twisted this common-sense <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to policing into a threat to civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>This week, police responded to a report of a man with a gun holding a child hostage. If that\u2019s not every officer\u2019s worst nightmare, it ranks in the top five.<\/p>\n<p>With any hostage, especially a child, involved, the responding officers must wait critical \u2014 perhaps fatal \u2014 seconds before they take any action, let alone firing a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>If the hostage-taker really does have a gun, will he exercise the same restraint and hold his fire?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"NYPD robot\" class=\"wp-image-17981123 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-070.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-070.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-070.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-070.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-070.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD robot<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gunman knows where the door is and where the first police officer will enter. That first officer doesn\u2019t know where the gunman is in the apartment. Is it dark in there?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a child involved, so no flash grenades or tear gas or other non-lethal measures to level the playing field.<\/p>\n<p>Why not send in a robot with a light and video camera so we can get a look at the situation \u2014 with no risk to anyone? Using the robot\u2019s two-way communication, the police hostage negotiator can attempt a dialogue with the hostage-taker.<\/p>\n<p>All of this doesn\u2019t guarantee a good outcome, but it increases the chances.<\/p>\n<p>In this instance, the situation was resolved and the robot dog wasn\u2019t needed. But the anti-cop mob sees the drone, no matter how non-lethal, no matter how common sense, as bad optics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You know what optic is truly terrible? The police officer funerals these same critics never attend.<\/p>\n<p>The usual suspects are raising the issue of race, when race has nothing to do with it. They are citing fears for our civil liberties but not about the civil liberties of the people who could have been injured, or killed, in this encounter.<\/p>\n<p>No one is commending the police for bringing this potentially very bad situation to a successful conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>My heartfelt thanks to the officers who were prepared to risk their lives to save a child and to those who figured out how to resolve the situation without injury or loss of life.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t think twice about using any means \u2014 even a robot dog \u2014 if that\u2019s what it takes to have another such successful outcome in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>As a New York Post reporter, Pat Smith wrote stories that led the New York Police Department to form a Canine Unit as a way to better protect our police and our citizens.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CON_NYers_%E2%80%98sic_of_watchdogs_already\"><\/span>CON: NYers \u2018sic\u2019 of watchdogs already\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Christian_Britschgi\"><\/span>By Christian Britschgi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A recent viral video of a robot cop dog assisting police in arresting a man at a public-housing complex provoked no small amount of alarm among New Yorkers. As well it should.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One mustn\u2019t be deceived by their resemblance to man\u2019s best friend. These deputized WiFidos are a different beast entirely, one that could come bristling with new capabilities to surveil and harass the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stationary CCTV cameras and facial-recognition <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> already pose grave risks to citizens\u2019 privacy. Robot cop dogs offer the possibility of combining and mobilizing this technology. The ability of police to track people going about their daily lives would dramatically increase.<\/p>\n<p>That should concern anyone who thinks New Yorkers already have to put up with too many petty restrictions on their public behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People might not worry too much right now about being cited for jaywalking or sipping an open container. Human NYPD officers are too few and too busy to penalize most of those violations. An army of robot police dogs would make it much easier to identify and ticket minor scofflaws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of robot cop dogs might argue they\u2019ll keep officers out of harm\u2019s way. Indeed, one of the earliest uses of robot dogs by NYPD came earlier this year when one was deployed to check a building for the presence of two violent kidnappers during a hostage situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their use there isn\u2019t troubling. Nevertheless, technology that makes police safer can also have the effect of encouraging them to use of force in more situations than is necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"An NYPD officer with the robot.\" class=\"wp-image-17981124 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-073.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-073.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-073.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-073.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/nypd-robot-debate-073.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An NYPD officer with the robot.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Daniel Valls\/FNTV freedom<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.tv<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bulletproof vests and armored vehicles keep police secure when kicking down a door. That security also encourages them to kick down more doors, even when public safety would be served just fine with a lesser show of force. How much more violent will police become when they can just sic a pack of robot dogs on any one they deem a threat?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one other reason to dislike robot police dogs: They\u2019re freaking scary. One can easily see their power to intimidate in people\u2019s reactions to them in filmed viral encounters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We should want the police and the public to have a relationship of mutual trust and respect. That\u2019s missing in many communities today. It won\u2019t arise if the most visible police presence in one\u2019s neighborhood is a literal unfeeling beast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that flesh-and-blood police dogs present their own problems. They\u2019re still preferable to their dystopian mechanical successors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Christian Britschgi is associate editor of Reason.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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