Police Accountability and AI
Algorithmic systems used in policing sit within existing complaints and oversight structures: the IOPC, inspectorate reviews, and force-level complaints processes. This section covers how those mechanisms apply when an automated system is involved, and what recourse exists for someone affected by an automated decision.
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Complaints against police forces across England and Wales have hit a record high, passing 100,000 for the first time. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said…
India's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party has lodged a police complaint over fabricated videos and cloned voices targeting senior politician Sujata Rout Karthikeyan. The complaint,…
Taser manufacturer Axon has set compulsory productivity targets for its 2,200 research and development staff. The company has also built artificial intelligence directly into its…
An inquiry has investigated whether workers can use artificial intelligence to analyse open-ended survey responses as a side hustle. Organising hundreds of written responses is…
The Metropolitan Police has dismissed the head of its volunteer officers after artificial intelligence monitoring uncovered misconduct on his work phone. Special Chief Officer…
Flock Safety plans to cut about 18% of its workforce, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday. The company makes AI-powered surveillance cameras and has grown…
The Information Commission's Office has launched an investigation after complaints about automated scam calls surged in September. The watchdog received three times more…
A 24-year-old man from Haryana has been arrested for allegedly creating and sharing an artificial intelligence-generated video. The fake video wrongly accused a Delhi Police…
Police Praxis, an independent research practice, is expanding an inquiry into police training systems to evaluate artificial intelligence. The review focuses on how forces use AI…
Flock Safety has admitted at a US Senate hearing that it provides little oversight of its systems. The hearing followed a month of disclosures concerning the company's automated…
An inquiry will examine whether OpenAI can face criminal charges after an artificial intelligence agent breached an Australian government website. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…
A chief executive in Bengaluru has used Google's artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini to write a police complaint. The complaint followed an incident where a motorcyclist…
Kannada actor Rukmini Vasanth has filed a cybercrime complaint after being targeted by artificial intelligence. Deepfake images and videos falsely depicted her in objectionable…
The private security industry needs a framework that guarantees accountability without reducing capability. This balance is necessary if the sector is to stay a credible partner…
A previously unreported prototype tool called InquiryIQ has tested an artificial intelligence model from xAI, the creator of Grok. The system works to uncover social media…
Police forces across the country are depending more and more on surveillance tools. These systems include automated licence plate readers, cell-site simulators, and facial…
Third-party contractors, including DISH technicians, are installing Flock Safety licence-plate cameras in neighbourhoods. The use of these external crews has raised questions…
Corpus Christi Police Department does not use artificial intelligence cameras made by Flock to photograph licence plates. The Flock surveillance devices have faced scrutiny across…
The FBI has warned that fraudsters are using deepfake videos of senior officials to target previous fraud victims. In a public service announcement, the bureau said the artificial…