An Anderson County company produced the robot that police used to end a standoff with a sniper in Dallas last week, and this should be a point of community pride, Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank said.
Clinton-based Remotec made the robot that Dallas police rigged with a homemade bomb and sent to end the life of a man accused of killing five police officers Thursday.
“I am glad that a product produced here in Anderson County was used to stop the killing spree,” Frank said. “You don’t want to have to employ lethal force, but sometimes there is just not another way.”
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