{"id":23809,"date":"2022-10-19T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=23809"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:59:47","slug":"oakland-police-mull-acquiring-robots-armed-with-shotguns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/oakland-police-mull-acquiring-robots-armed-with-shotguns\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Police Mull Acquiring Robots Armed With Shotguns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23810\" width=\"710\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5.png 304w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-5-250x137.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2022%2F10%2F18%2Foakland-police-mull-acquiring-robots-armed-with-shotguns%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw2QikgStgtklm8_THMm3VuO&amp;ust=1666295897440000&amp;source=images&amp;cd=vfe&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjvv92Jiu36AhUoAzQIHUFWApEQr4kDegQIARAm\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Police Mull Acquiring Robots &#8230;sfist.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>18 OCTOBER 2022\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/news\/\">SF NEWS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/joe-kukura\/\">JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shotgun-toting robots prefer to be called \u201cpercussion actuated nonelectric disruptors,\u201d and the Oakland Police Department wants some, though is currently offering a compromise measure where they\u2019d only be armed with pepper spray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States of America has already crossed the rubicon where law enforcement-controlled robots have killed a suspect. It was back in 2016 in Dallas, during a mass shooting situation, when police strapped some C4 explosive on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/07\/08\/485262777\/for-the-first-time-police-used-a-bomb-robot-to-kill\">robot who blew up the suspected gunman<\/a>. The robot model was a Northrop Grumman Remotec Andros Mark 5-A1 robot, and now we learn that the Oakland Police Department wants one too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, according to an eyebrow-raising Monday report in The Intercept, the department&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/10\/17\/police-robot-gun-oakland\/\">wants to arm that model with guns<\/a>. Except they don\u2019t call them guns, they call them \u201cpercussion actuated nonelectric disruptors,\u201d (PANs) which are basically accessories for that robot model that can fire bullets, or rubber bullets, or pepper spray, or various other projectiles. But given the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2022\/04\/26\/oakland-police-department-wants-out-of-their-20-year-long-federal-oversight-will-get-their-day-in-court\/\">checkered past<\/a>&nbsp;of the Oakland Police Department, many on Oakland\u2019s civilian police commission have real concerns about giving that force killer robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Commissioner Jordan says that the robot is meant to be a device of de-escalation, and that OPD wants to make it into an offensive weapon&#8230;there&#39;s several iterations of proposed language <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSabVaxvjf\">pic.twitter.com\/RSabVaxvjf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Trash Night Heron (@hyphy_republic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hyphy_republic\/status\/1573158598494064641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot easier to pull out a rifle or a gun and shoot someone than to put a live round into this thing,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/oakland-police-explore-getting-robots-armed-with-shotguns-report\">KTVU quotes one commissioner<\/a>&nbsp;as saying at their September meeting. &#8220;But I think we are all concerned about the dystopian sort of universe where a robot sneaks into our room and shoots us, which I know is not the intention, but is certainly a scary thought and where our mind goes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is currently a compromise measure on the table where the robots could only use pepper spray against human suspects. That compromise will go before an Oakland City Council committee meeting today. And the robot would only be able to fire the pepper spray in an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as The Intercept points out, \u201cthe Oakland Police Department was saying what nearly every security agency says when it asks the public to trust it with an alarming new power: We\u2019ll only use it in emergencies \u2014 but we get to decide what\u2019s an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2016\/07\/05\/uber_has_a_robot_security_guard_on\/\">Uber Has A Robot Security Guard On The Beat In San Francisco [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Orion Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 OCTOBER 2022\/SF NEWS\/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The shotgun-toting robots prefer to be called \u201cpercussion actuated nonelectric disruptors,\u201d and the Oakland Police Department wants some, though is currently offering a compromise measure where they\u2019d only be armed with pepper spray. 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