by Tyler Durden
Friday, Apr 30, 2021 - 11:20 PM
The New York Police Department (NYPD) will part ways with its controversial robotic dog after mounting uproar from the public and lawmakers.
John Miller, the NYPD deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told NYTimes that it ended a leasing contract with Boston Dynamics early for the four-legged robotic dog called Digidog.
A subpoena from City Councilman Ben Kallos and Council Speaker Corey Johnson revealed the NYPD s leasing contract with Boston Dynamics, amounted to $94,000. The leasing agreement was terminated on April 22. The original lease agreement was through August.
The termination of the lease was due to a series of incidents where the four-legged robot was deployed to a house invasion in the Bronx in February and a low-income housing project in Manhattan for patrol. Critics likened it to a surveillance robo-dog out of the dystopic TV series Black Mirror.
Creepy Robot Dog Loses Job With New York Police Department
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