Ford Working On Driverless Police Cars To Patrol The Streets

So far, we know that Ford is using prototype self-driving cars to trial driverless taxi and pizza delivery services. Now it seems that the blue oval automaker wants autonomous police cars to patrol the streets in the future, if a patent filed by the automaker is to be believed. Yes, Robocop could become a reality one day in the form of a car. The patent, filed in the summer of 2016 which can be viewed on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s website, details a patrol car that can operate "in lieu of or in addition to human police officers."
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MDarringer - 1/30/2018 10:58:27 PM

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I agree with you. This is patently stupid and borderline against civil rights.

zlives - 1/30/2018 4:46:50 PM

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and here i thought license plate scanners were bad...

jeffgall - 1/30/2018 11:27:01 PM

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Isn’t a bunch of stationary camera cheaper?

MDarringer - 1/31/2018 8:22:09 AM

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I agree. I guess I don't see the value of an autonomous police car that when something is detected it would have to signal an officer in a car to respond.