The Chandler, AZ SWAT team recently got an unexpected DoorDash delivery during a call. According to 12News, Dot, DoorDash’s autonomous delivery robot, showed up at an active police scene while on a food delivery. Unfortunately, it couldn’t take the hint when officers tried to shoo it away.
Video from the scene shows Dot trying to move through the area near officers. Someone attempts to verbally warn the robot off, but it refused to leave on its own. That left police with a conundrum, as neither the driver nor the customer was available to deal with Dot.
So, the officers had to involve DoorDash. A technician was sent out to Chandler after police contacted the company. WKRC reported that Dot was eventually loaded into a box truck and taken away from the SWAT call…