Robotic Nation Evidence

That depends on who is in charge of the police robots' manufacture and programming. Consider the movie "Robocop," in which the title character was ostensibly programmed to protect the public and uphold the law, but in fact contained secret programming that forced him to look out for the manufacturing corporation's interests.

Ideally, the source code for a police robot's programming would be made public (though ensuring that the same code was actually installed on the robots would be problematic). Unfortunately, the same is true of the robots that count our votes, and we've seen where that's getting us.

-- Shig
 

When all the police are robots, it will be part of the Joint Stewardship of Earth, where humans and robots rule the planet together. The robocops will be less brutal than human police, for various reasons. All actions taken by the robocops will be on the record and available for judicial scrutiny. The cyborg police will be less subject to erratic emotions.
 

I hope they fire the entire department of fascist thugs. The Mayor is afraid of the police, and the sheeple are too stupid to know they are being prepped for the slaughter.
 

I tihnk autonomous robots are more likely, as telepresence robots seem more suceptable to hacking. The main problem is that the police departments seem to feel like they need to encourage the use of force and overdisipline. There's evidence that suggests police are reprimanded for not giving out enough tickets, and that might only be the tip of the iceburg when it comes to bad culture withen the police.

If we want to improve the police, we should replace the higher ups, who use policy to influence police culture. If only police would be hired for their ability to help old ladies across the street instead of their tendency to create revenue in the form of tickets and fines.
 

The police have become little more than armed gangs. I find this to be true even in sunny Southern California. It's the natural evolution of groupthink. They need more powerful "civilian" oversight to keep them in check every time they grow stronger.
 

What happened to free speech. They police aren't allowed to make fun of her, but she can protest anything she wants infront of hundreds of people. Either allow all parties to have free speech or take it away. Doesn't seem right to me. Robotic Police would have taken control of the situation much faster leading to fewer hours of protest. Afterwards, the human cops would still be laughing at how successful their machines are.
-Leon