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A drone hovers over members of law enforcement stand watch over a gathering on a sidewalk in protest of the election process in front of the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on November 14, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Jon Cherry / Getty Images)

San Francisco mayor, police chief say drones ‘transformative’ for law enforcement

San Francisco's police chief said drones have led to arrests and that they can be credited with decade-low levels of crime in the city.
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A NYPD bomb disposal robot carries an unexploded pressure cooker bomb on Sept. 17, 2016 on West 27th Street in New York City. Another device had exploded earlier injuring 29 people on 23rd St. in Chelsea. (Lucien Harriot / Getty Images)

San Francisco supervisors approve police use of ‘killer robots’

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to let police use robots to kill suspects in "extraordinary circumstances."
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This photo taken on February 5, 2018 shows a police officer wearing a pair of smartglasses with a facial recognition system at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China’s central Henan province. (AFP via Getty Images)

Drones, VR coming to public safety, responders say in emerging tech survey

Drones, internet-connected vehicles and virtual reality are expected to play a greater role in public safety in the next five years, according to a recent survey by…
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