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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anders<br><b>…</b></span> <br><br><span style='color:windowtext'>>…</span>The thing to be *really* worried about is automation of law enforcement. If state power can be implemented without any need of citizen participation, it becomes a very frightening thing indeed.)<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dr Anders Sandberg<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Ja. This is a multi-faceted question, but overall I am optimistic. If RC vehicles are available, the constables have a much greater potential to deliver non-lethal means of stopping the shooter. I can imagine several possibilities, such as a tranquilizer dart and sticky foam, a super-soaker that fires hot water, a stun-gun armed drone, an armored robot that draws fire from the perp but doesn’t do much damage, that sort of thing.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office has several different experimental devices they demonstrated at a local tech tech show. It can climb stairs, retrieve bombs, deliver bombs and so forth. The geek crowd loved it. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>If the agencies have that kind of tech available, I can see it as a safety item for both the force and the perp.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></body></html>