Police Department Robot Use
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard.
- What: Community questions about whether and how the city or police use AI-enabled robots, after a social media video showed a robot downtown surrounded by police.
- Where it stands (2026-10-21): Only previewed. The chair said the November Public Safety Committee meeting will take up the city's relationship to police use of robots and the department's vision, if any.
- Next: November Public Safety Committee meeting.
Also previewed for November
- Youth riding motorized e-bikes, and what police and the city can do to protect families and children.
- Immigration enforcement and the county executive's order, and what the city can do legislatively (see ICE Presence on City Property).
- A member also asked to discuss the 2024 state police staffing study, which has not been reviewed by the committee and will feed the police budget enhancement requests.
Sources
- https://annapolismd.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1372786&GUID=B4F95144-3437-417C-B083-DB85FEFD80DA
- 2026-10-21 - Public Safety Committee
Discussion time
About 3 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 - Public Safety Committee | 3 |
Log
- 2026-10-21 - Public Safety Committee - November agenda previewed (43:14-46:06); police said they would join the discussion; the department had not heard of the robot post. No action.