{
  "id": 1678,
  "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones",
  "title": "Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones",
  "summary": "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 ",
  "authors": "Matthew Guariglia",
  "category": "org",
  "topics": "regulation,military-security,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-06-26T15:22:40.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "eff",
  "source_name": "EFF Deeplinks",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.eff.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1678",
  "original_url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}