Proceeds of crime to pay for Winnipeg police robot, training to help officers communicate with protesters The Winnipeg Police Service is spending roughly a quarter of a million dollars — all from the proceeds of crime — on a new state-of-the-art robot capable of going into dangerous situations. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 28, 2021 3:00 PM CT | Last Updated: July 28 Boston Dynamics CEO and founder Marc Raibert, right, demonstrates his company's SpotMini robot at a 2017 conference in this file photo. The Winnipeg Police Service says it plans to purchase one of the company's robots.(Issei Kato/Reuters)