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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE AFFAIRS AND | |
GOVERNMENT--PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF POLICE ROBOT TECHNOLOGY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Felix, Williams, Place, Kislak, Batista, Filippi, | |
Date Introduced: February 16, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND |
2 | GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 162 |
4 | PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF POLICE ROBOT TECHNOLOGY |
5 | 42-162-1. Definitions. |
6 | When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: |
7 | (1) "Law enforcement officer" means any permanently employed city or town police |
8 | officer, state police officer, or peace officer as defined in ยง 12-7-21. |
9 | (2) "Police robot dog" means any machine, that looks similar in appearance to a dog, that |
10 | can collect information, process it, and use it to act upon the world and is operated either |
11 | autonomously by computers or by an individual remotely. |
12 | (3) "Robot" means any machine that can collect information, process it, and use it to act |
13 | upon the world and is operated either autonomously by computers or by an individual remotely. |
14 | (4) "UAVs" is an acronym that means unmanned aerial vehicles. |
15 | (5) "Unmanned aerial vehicles" means an aircraft that is navigated without a pilot on board. |
16 | (6) "Weapon" means a device designed to inflict death or serious physical injury. |
17 | 42-162-2. Use of robots prohibited. |
18 | (a) No law enforcement officer shall, while carrying out their duties, whether on-duty or |
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1 | off-duty, authorize the use, attempted use or threatened use of a robot, police robot dog, or UAVs |
2 | armed with any weapon. |
3 | (b) No law enforcement officers shall, while carrying out their duties, whether on-duty or |
4 | off-duty, authorize the use of a robot, police robot dog, or UAVs in a physical manner that is |
5 | substantially likely to cause death or serious physical injury, regardless of whether or not the robot |
6 | or UAV is armed with a weapon. |
7 | (c) No department that employs peace officers shall receive or accept any public or private |
8 | financial funding for the purchase or procurement of any police robot dogs. |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE AFFAIRS AND | |
GOVERNMENT--PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF POLICE ROBOT TECHNOLOGY | |
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1 | This act would prohibit any on-duty or off-duty law enforcement officer from utilizing any |
2 | armed robot, police robot dog, or UAV, within the scope of their employment. This act would also |
3 | prohibit any department employing police officers from receiving or accepting any public or private |
4 | funding for the purchase or procurement of any police robot dogs. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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