HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. — When a fight broke out recently in the parking lot of Salt Lake Park, a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, Cogo Guebara did what seemed the most practical thing at the time: she ran over to the park’s police …

A police robot told a woman to go away after she tried to report a violent brawl breaking out nearby – then trundled off while singing a song. Cogo Guebara rushed over to the motorized police officer and pushed its emergency alert button on…

As our world becomes more and more automated, with robotics taking over many human roles and offering assistance, we have to wonder just how useful some of these inventions truly are.

When you need the police, you still have to call 911

As …

HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. – Police officers can’t be everywhere at once. Between budget cuts, staffing issues and an increase in violent crime across the country, cops are in huge demand.

So naturally we turn to technology to help solve the p…

Not everybody is a fan of law enforcement. Perhaps this is what inspired the Californian city of Huntington Park to take a more modern approach to police.

A mechanical enforcement officer, dubbed HP Robocop, has been patrolling Salt Lake Pa…