第3104期:Robotic police help reduce policing burdens

This is an autonomous robot. It operates essentially on its own. It's on a program.这是一个自动机器人，基本上是自主运作的，内部自带写好的程序。Well, it's extremely useful because it frees up our officers to concentrate on, you know, other important community policing matters.它非常有用，因为帮我们的警员减轻了负担，让我们集中精力处理社区中其他重要的警务。It is a live monitoring system, so we are able to monitor the cameras live at the communications center.它内置了一个实时监控系统，我们可以在通讯中心实时监控它的摄像头。These are the four cameras that are positioned within the unit and it's always recording.这是四个摄像头，它们都内置于设备内，时刻都在录像。So, everywhere it goes, it's capturing all of that data. It also has a license plate reader feature which operates by this device right here.无论走到哪它都可以捕获所有数据。它还有一个车牌读取功能，通过这个设备读取。It's able to read license plates of vehicles in parking lots and it actually captures that data.它能够读取停车场车辆的牌照，并能捕获这些数据。It also has a distress button which is located here. So, somebody were to need assistance or they want to contact our communication center, they can do it by way of that distress button.它也有一个求救按钮，就在这里。如果有人需要帮助或想与通讯中心联系，他们可以直接点击那个求助按钮。And there's people that are monitoring on the other end.有警员在通讯中心那一端监控。So, the system also has the ability for a dispatcher or a monitor to get into the software and actually project communication through the robot to the person that has pressed the distress button.这个系统可以让调度员或监控员使用软件，然后通过机器人投影与求救的人进行沟通交流。If something wrong happens, the police can see it from the robot. And then the police can come and figure out what's happening to us.如果出了什么事，警察可以通过机器人摄像头看到。然后警察就会出警，看看到底发生了什么。We saw the autonomous robot in one of the conferences and we decided it might be something that could work for the parks as we've been having some concerns about safety.我们在一场会议上看到了自动机器人，正好我们一直担心周边公园的安全问题，我们觉得这个机器人可能可以用于公园巡逻。This park is the largest park in the city and it's highly used by the community, especially now during the summer.这个公园是城市里最大的公园，居民的使用率很高，尤其是现在正值夏季。So, we wanted an extra set of eyes that would help the police department in order to patrol it 24/7.我们需要这样一双“额外的眼睛”来帮我们的警署进行每天24小时巡逻。It travels the entire park. It is a programmed path but we're able to change the path and adapt it to, maybe, different activities that we become aware of.它可以在整个公园巡逻。它会按照设定好的路线巡逻，不过我们可以改变路线，也可以让它适应一些我们需要的其他活动。So, there's a person coming in. If it senses it too close, it'll stop for a moment. Good morning.有个人过来了，如果它感应到距离太近，就会暂时停下。早上好。All of this information is recorded. It's downloaded to a hard drive.所有这些信息都会被记录下来。 然后被下载到一个硬盘上。If something were to happen and we needed to go back to look at the video recording, we can always access that video also.如果发生了什么情况，我们需要倒回去看视频录像，我们随时都可以调取那段视频。Cost is around $65,000 a year. We already use different funds in order to cover it.机器人每年花费约65000美元。我们已经用了不同的资金来支付其费用。And like I said, it's a year-on-year basis. So, if we decide to renew it, it will come back to the council so we can vote on it. 我之前说过了，这是一个每年都会审核的项目，如果一年后我们决定继续使用这个机器人，议会会再次进行投票表决。