Ohio Police Department Fires $70K Robot Cop After It Failed To Catch A Single Criminal Or Issue Any Tickets

Ohio Police Department Fires $70K Robot Cop After It Failed To Catch A Single Criminal Or Issue Any Tickets

Dublin Ohio police robot More and more law enforcement agencies have turned to robots to supplement ranks composed of real, actual humans. That includes a police department in Ohio that shelled out $70,000 for a robot cop that was kicked to the curb after having virtually no impact in the year it spent patrolling the city where it was deployed. Police departments rely on a wide variety of technology to function, and many of them are constantly e…

Ohio Police Fire Robocop for Helping Make Zero Arrests and Failing to Issue a Single Ticket

Shout out to arguably the world’s most ethical — and laziest — robot cop. After less than a year on the job, it helped make zero arrests and issued zero tickets. Its operators, unsurprisingly, have run out of patience. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Dublin Police Department retired its mechanical crimefighter, nicknamed “DubBot,” last month, after the Ohio city euphemistically determined that it wasn’t meeting its operational needs, acco…

Ohio's DubBot Experiment Ends Abruptly: What One Police Department's Robot Pilot Reveals About Autonomous Security

Dublin, Ohio, gave a Knightscope K5 robot a shot at bolstering public safety. The machine, nicknamed DubBot, rolled into the Rock Cress Parking Garage last July. Less than a year later, on May 12, officers sent it back. The Columbus Dispatch reported the details first. DubBot made zero arrests. It issued no tickets. Police never responded to a single incident the robot flagged. Costs reached $67,548 for the city after expected reimbursements. Th…