San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would let police use robots for deadly force.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to explicitly ban the use of robots in such fashion for now. But they sent the issue back to a committee for further discussion and could allow it in limited cases at another time.. The police said they had no plans to arm the robots with guns but wanted the ability to put explosives on them in extraordinary circumstances.
Some supervisors said they felt the public did not have enough time to engage in the discussion about whether robots could be used to kill people before the board first voted last week. Supervisor Dean Preston, who voted against the policy last week, said the spirit of the law is to make sure"strong feelings people hold" can be heard by public officials. He argued the board failed to allow enough time for that.
The policy approved Tuesday would allow police to use robots to check out potentially dangerous scenes so that police can stay back.
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