Eugene’s Civilian Review Board copies-and-pastes from Issac Azimov

Circa 1942, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov laid down the Three Laws of Robotics [wiki]:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.


Eugene, OR (KMTR) - For the first time since its formation, the City of Eugene’s Civilian Review Board has advised the chief of police to re-open an investigation. At a meeting Tuesday night, the board was discussing Taser incident involving a University of Oregon exchange student from China. The board disagrees with Police Chief Pete Kerns that an officer was justified in his use of force and use of a Taser. ...

Bernadette Conover, a board member, said the officers should have taken into account the language barrier as soon as they encountered the first student. "For me, the thing that kept coming up was ‘do no harm’. We want our officers, when they respond, to first do no harm, protect society and keep themselves safe. So there were an awful lot of things here that I think could have and should have been done differently." ... [LINK]

1. first, do no harm...
2. protect society...
3. keep themselves safe...

Essentially the exact same three rules, and in the same order.