Robots also can be hacked or malfunction, and their use hasn’t always gone smoothly: In 2011, a San Francisco Police Department robot dropped and ran over antiquated grenades (fortunately ...

In a possible first, a suspect in the Outer Sunset today fired upon a San Francisco police drone — and, later, at officers — before police returned fire and sent him to the hospital with a ...

Just over a year after San Francisco police announced a crackdown on smash-and-grab car break-ins, those efforts appear ...