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Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones

This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to reign in the emergence of armed police drones and robots , we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice. Cities should not procure weaponized

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Published: 26 June 2026
Source: EFF Deeplinks
Category: Field notes
Topics: Regulation · Military & security · Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (26 June 2026), “Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones,” evidence record 1678, https://ethics.ai/record/1678 (originally published by EFF Deeplinks).

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