I understand the concern about authorizing police to use bombs delivered via robot, and I would agree that there should be a fairly strict set of guidelines and protocols governing the use of such a tactic.
When corrections officers do cell extractions of unruly inmates, with pepper spray and teams of guards wearing body armor, they normally videotape the proceedings along with a narrative explaining the force they are about to use and the justification for doing so. This is in order to protect themselves from a lawsuit after the fact.
The same sort of precautions could be used in the case of a robot delivering a bomb. And in the case involving the Dallas shooter, the justification for doing so is self-evident. He was a heavily armed active shooter who had already inflicted multiple casualties and refused all demands to surrender. Lethal force was clearly justified, therefore the type of lethal force is irrelevant.
When corrections officers do cell extractions of unruly inmates, with pepper spray and teams of guards wearing body armor, they normally videotape the proceedings along with a narrative explaining the force they are about to use and the justification for doing so. This is in order to protect themselves from a lawsuit after the fact.
The same sort of precautions could be used in the case of a robot delivering a bomb. And in the case involving the Dallas shooter, the justification for doing so is self-evident. He was a heavily armed active shooter who had already inflicted multiple casualties and refused all demands to surrender. Lethal force was clearly justified, therefore the type of lethal force is irrelevant.