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all new tonight at 6 an Atlanta
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apartment complex is testing a new way
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to keep residents safe it's enlisting
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the help of a robot a lives Grace King
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showing us how it all
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works this is the old Fourth Ward which
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is a vibrant walkable uh thriving
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neighborhood but we have pockets of
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crime that tend to pop up in the old
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Fourth Ward data shows nearly half of
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all crimes against people happen along
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Boulevard they got bullet flying all
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down the street a reported nearly 35
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cases of assault rape murder and
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intimidation on this road in the last 7
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months alone I guess I hear everything
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see everything that's what a new crime
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deterring neighbor hopes to change it's
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a unique thing it's the first time I've
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seen this in the city and I think it
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raises questions as to what's the future
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of Public Safety how much of it is Tech
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how much of it is people Atlanta city
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councilman Amir foki is talking about
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this guy a 5'6 autonomous surveillance
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robot B weighing in at nearly 420 lb it
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should lead to a um an honest and
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reflective conversation about what do we
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want Public Safety to look like and what
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role does technology play in a statement
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The Windgate apartment complex on
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Boulevard tells 11 alive this is part of
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its new video services that will provide
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automated notices and take remediation
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actions like calling APD directly on the
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mobile side it's looking for things that
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are out of place what's not right in the
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area for that given time of day or that
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level of activity or this particular
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part of a building Stacy Stevens with
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night scope the company behind the robot
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says it's essentially a mobile
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surveillance camera that can use AI to
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determine potential threats robots are
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not out there collecting your private
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information this is looking for
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information that's publicly available
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the extra set of eyes can prompt
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questions about privacy obviously you
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need that we don't hardly get it anymore
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but residents like Andre Johnson feel
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that sacrifice is worth it if they see
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any trouble going on they automatically
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send the police in so you're more safer
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than it used to be right now the robot's
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employer in this case Windgate owns the
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data they told me they plan to use it as
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an additional source of information for
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APD among other things and that its
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retention policy varies in the old
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Fourth Ward Grace King 11 alive news
