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CLAIM: San Fransisco allows use of deadly robot police

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in General Factchecking by Novice (580 points)
I saw this on Snapchat's news section a few days ago. I do not remember which media source was reporting on it.

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In this NPR article they stated: "robots will only be used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers are imminent and outweigh any other force option available to the SFPD". https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139523832/san-francisco-considers-allowing-law-enforcement-robots-to-use-lethal-force

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by Journeyman (2.3k points)

This was in fact a policy that San Francisco officials voted on. However, according to a CNN article titled, "Amid public outcry, San Francisco officials reverse course and reject police use of robots to kill," it was stated that "San Francisco officials voted Tuesday against a controversial measure that would have allowed police to deploy robots to use lethal force in extreme situations, reversing course after public outcry against the policy." 

Supervisor Hillary Ronen said "The public outcry helped six Supervisors fully appreciate the gravity of last week’s vote and the numerous unanswered questions about both the ethics and practical implications of allowing police to use machines to kill human beings."

Therefore, at one point this claim was true, but it is now false after the reversal of the policy. 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/us/san-francisco-rejects-police-controlled-robots/index.html#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20officials%20voted%20Tuesday,public%20outcry%20against%20the%20policy.

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