Honolulu Police Spent $150,000 In CARES Funds On A Robot Dog…Flush with CARES Act cash, the Honolulu Police Department has spent millions on what one officer called “toys.”
The Honolulu Police Department used $150,045 in federal funds intended to respond to the pandemic to acquire a robot dog named Spot, according to city spending data.
Built by the engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics, the four-legged device can walk on various terrain, open doors, record video and even dance – as it did it in a viral music video released by the company last month.
