"I’m hoping you’re going to put a line in your story about how cost-efficient I am,” he continued. “This is below minimum wage. No bathroom breaks, no meal breaks. This is a good investment, so please make sure that’s added to the story, okay?” [the mayor said]

The mayor was enthusiastic about the cost-effectiveness of the robot. “I want you guys to be extremely creative in your writing style to say ‘Eric, job well done,’” he told reporters.

This guy is special, isn’t he…

The whole article basically lights it as a waste of money, since “[the police robot’s] effectiveness is unclear”, how there’s “no public evidence about actual crime reduction”, and how the “robot [needs] to be accompanied by a human officer at all times”, negating the need for the robot altogether.