NYPD Commish Bratton: ‘I Support the Decision by Chief Brown’ To Use the Robot

BRATTON: This one will certainly be the subject of great discussion and great evaluation. And it must be. And a transparent discussion about it. Based on the preliminary information available to me I support the decision by Chief Brown to use that device for that purpose. But going forward, that it will require a great deal of evaluation and discussion as to its appropriate use. Each one of these situations is very different. For this particular situation, I believe, based on the information I have, it was an appropriate decision to save the lives of additional officers. So I have no problems with it as it was used in Dallas."