Raw LLM Responses

> They paid 739k, for only two robots. And they're going to send them into situations where criminals will use them for target practice. It's kind of a blatent scam they fell for? Wait 'til you hear what the DoD pays for their drones. >Plus, the ethics and broken law of stolen money, Civil Asset Forfeiture is a separate discussion. I know they're using the funds from that to pay for these drones, but if they weren't, they'd be using the taxpayer revenue they normally do instead. >what money that could be used for, The largest budget item by far is salaries, but theoretically that's what force multipliers do: you pay for one expensive gadget so you don't have to send three people. The NYPD thinks that the cost:benefit ratio is positive, evidently. >why the community wasn't given a chance to input where to use that money No more than I get a say in what vehicles the USPS purchases, or which desk my mayor has. If you put that sort of thing to a vote, 100% of LEOs and their budgets would be devoted to throw ice cream parties at elementary schools. >where's the budget for maintaining and repairing it coming from, Probably the same place the rest of their budget comes from: taxes. >how do we ensure it won't get a gun mount quietly added on later They haven't put a .50 on any of the APCs they've been using over the past few decades to my knowledge, but if they did, it doesn't automatically mean it will be used unlawfully any more than arming a human does as long as a human is in control of that decision. >There's a lot to hate here. Hate, yes. Disagree with on a rational basis, no.