Knightscope “Robocop” Reduced Crime Dramatically, says California Police Department
California police department subscribes to Knightscope K5 robot. K5 combines self-driving technology, robotics and artificial intelligence. K5 robot is a crime-fighting autonomous data machine. Knightscope design makes K5 “people-friendly.” A recent recruit to California’s Huntington Park Police Department (“HPPD”) didn’t graduate from the Police Academy. Instead, the patrol officer is a product of Silicon Valley company Knightscope. The 400-pound security robot, dubbed “HP RoboCop,” joined the police force in June 2019 and has been patrolling the city of Huntington’s 23-acre Salt Lake Park ever since. Its presence has had a marked effect that may point the way to how policing is…