Ethics as important as ability for robot police
Although many policing duties, including crime analysis, surveillance and traffic enforcement, may be mainly or entirely carried out by automated systems, human policemen will continue to be required for their social intelligence, according to Rick Muir, director of the UK's Police Foundation. A human workforce ensures that decisions and strategies remain within moral and ethical boundaries, something automated machines may be incapable of.
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