Source: Joseph Choi, MSN, 4/28/21

The New York Police Department (NYPD) will no longer be using the controversial "robot dog" following mounting uproar against the machine's use, officials confirmed Wednesday. John Miller, NYPD deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told The New York Times that the leasing contract valued at around $94,000 with the robot dog's maker, Boston Dynamics, had been ended early on April 22.

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