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Robots, drones replacing officers in lethal encounters

During the six hours Trent Leach was hiding in an abandoned church in downtown Las Vegas on Sept. 21, police said, he fired 20 rounds, striking a SWAT vehicle and the window of an occupied apartment. The Metropolitan Police Department sent two robots in to find Leach, a 4-by-4-foot one …

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Why P.E.I. RCMP is training more officers to fly drones

It’s been three and a half years since P.E.I. RCMP trained its first five drone pilots and just last week, eight more members were added to the team.  “As time goes on we’re seeing more and more calls where a drone is useful,” said RCMP Staff-Sgt. Kevin Baillie, the drone co-ordinator for …

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