![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0004/5280/041223_Barry_Williams-New_York_Daily_News-Tribune_News_Service-Getty_Images_digidog.large.jpg?1681312368&1681312367 "New NYPD policing technology, including \"Digi Dog\"and a K5 Autonomous Security Robot.")
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. "Digidog is now part of the toolkit that we are using."
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