"Digidog is out of the pound," Eric Adams declared in April. The New York City mayor also insisted the successful use of the controversial robot in response to a recent building collapse should convince critics such devices can improve safety in the city. Adams commended first responders' use of the four-legged robot in the ruins of a parking garage collapse last week in Manhattan, in which one person was killed and five injured. First responders used the robot to search the rubble while safety concerns about the building's structure persisted. "Some people call them toys," Adams told reporters.

Former cop and self-declared "geek" Eric Adams held a press conference in Times Square today to let the city know how much he loves police robots. New York City's mayor presided over a press conference alongside police officials to discuss a pair of pilots designed to increase the city's surveillance. "I've stated this from day one, even when I was on the campaign trail: I'm a computer geek. I believe that technology is here," the mayor said at the top of his remarks. "We can't be afraid of it, and as [NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell] stated, transparency is the key."

Back in 2021, the New York Police Department (NYPD) cancelled a planned deployment of the Spot robot dog [aka "Digidog"] following a public backlash. Now, New York City's current law and order mayor Eric Adams has brought the robot dog back for use in "hazardous situations," The New York Times has reported. "Digidog is out of the pound," Adams said at a press conference yesterday in Times Square. The NYPD will acquire two of the robots for $750,000 and only use them in hostage and other critical situations. "I believe that technology is here; we cannot be afraid of it," Adams said.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago. The new devices, which also include a GPS tracker for stolen cars and a cone-shaped security robot, will be rolled out in a manner that is "transparent, consistent and always done in close collaboration with the people we serve," said police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who joined Mayor Eric Adams and other officials at a Times Square press conference where the security robot and the mechanical canine nicknamed Digidog were displayed. "Digidog is out of the pound," said Adams, a Democrat and former police officer.

The New York Police Department is reenlisting robots to fight crime, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. The NYPD experimented with robot policing in 2021, but faced considerable backlash from residents and activists concerned with profiling in minority and underprivileged communities as well as saying the technology is dystopian. "The prior administration didn't have a mayor that was a computer geek and that was willing to go where others are not willing to go to keep the city safe," the New York mayor said in a press conference Tuesday in Times Square. "I made it clear on the campaign trail, I am going to use technology with transparency to keep this city safe. And others just weren't willing to do that, and I am." "The prior administration didn't have a mayor that was a computer geek and that was willing to go where others are not willing to go to keep the city safe."

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NYPD canceled its contract with Boston Dynamics last week after its test run of the company's Spot robot sparked concerns of misuse of city funds and potential police abuse. NYPD canceled its contract with Boston Dynamics last week after its test run of the company's Spot robot sparked concerns of misuse of city funds and potential police abuse. After a public outcry, a robotic dog once hailed by the New York Police Department a high-tech crime-fighting sidekick is getting sent back to its owner. The police canceled a $94,000 contract with the robot's maker Boston Dynamics following a growing backlash tied to calls to cut the police budget and concerns of police militarization and abuses of force. The department introduced the public to the "Digidog" in December after acquiring the device in a test program.

The New York Police Department said Thursday it will stop using the "Digidog," a four-legged robot occasionally deployed for recon in dangerous situations. NYPD officials confirmed in a statement it had terminated its contract and will return the dog to vendor Boston Dynamics. Last December, the agency leased the Digidog, nicknamed Spot, for $94,000. John Miller, the police department's deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told The New York Times that the contract was "a casualty of politics, bad information, and cheap sound bites." Miller bemoaned the role of bad press in the backlash, but in many ways the NYPD's own actions were a blueprint for how not to introduce new tech.

A lease for the device has been canceled and it will be returned to Boston Dynamics, the NYPD told the New York Times. The police force planned to keep testing Spot (which it nicknamed Digidog) until the lease ran out in August. The NYPD's deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, John Miller, said the department changed its mind after Spot became a target for people who "had improperly used it to fuel arguments about race and surveillance." Critics raised privacy concerns about the robot, which has been deployed to several crime scenes and hostage situations since October. Bill Neidhardt, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio, told the NYT he was "glad the Digidog was put down," adding that the machine is "creepy, alienating and sends the wrong message to New Yorkers."

The NYPD will part ways with "Digidog," the robotic police dog that became the subject of a City Council subpoena after images of it went viral. The department told The Post on Wednesday that it ended a contract with Boston Dynamics to lease the four-legged robo-cop. "The contract has been terminated and the dog will be returned," a spokesperson said. The sudden termination comes after a clip of the machine patrolling a Manhattan housing project went viral, sparking backlash and drawing comparisons to the dystopic TV series "Black Mirror." Mayor Bill de Blasio then urged the NYPD to "rethink" its use of the robot.