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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A Berlin-based non-profit organisation has filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking a ban on Meta's smart glasses. Campaign group HateAid claims selling the devices is a…
Licence plate readers such as Flock cameras are being targeted for vandalism around Metro Detroit. The devices use artificial intelligence to snap photos of all passing vehicles.…
A senior Derbyshire detective is under investigation over potential gross misconduct linked to artificial intelligence. Separately, a member of staff at Gloucestershire police has…
Police in Wapello County, Iowa, have instructed officers to hide their use of automated licence plate readers from vehicle occupants and in official reports. Public records show…
Police investigating the 20 July Chalo Sansad protest suspect that some demonstrators may have used artificial intelligence tools to prepare for clashes and limit their exposure…
Between 20 July and 24 July, Delhi Police's facial recognition system identified nearly 400 individuals with previous criminal records near the Jantar Mantar protest site in…
The FBI has warned that fraudsters are using artificial intelligence deepfake videos of senior officials to target previous scam victims. The videos show an FBI leader urging…
The Greer Police Department in South Carolina has terminated two officers for the improper use of the agency's licence plate recognition technology. Corporal Kareem Lynch and…
Residents, advocates, and officials in North Texas are opposing the expanded use of police drones, AI-powered cameras, and automated licence plate readers over concerns regarding…
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information request suggest officers at the Victoria Police Department in British Columbia are using an internal artificial intelligence…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled unanimously on the scope of evidence prosecutors must disclose when investigators use facial recognition technology in a criminal case. In…
Several rape convictions in the United Kingdom are under review following the suspension of a police detective accused of using artificial intelligence to prepare evidence.…
The Home Office is using two artificial intelligence tools in asylum casework which could be unlawful. The Asylum Case Summarisation tool uses GPT-4o to summarise asylum interview…
Robert Dillon, a 52-year-old commercial crab fisherman from Fort Myers, and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville Beach, two…
John E. Ohler Jr., 41, of Worcester Township, has had 852 felony and misdemeanor charges sent to the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court following an investigation by Lower…
State Representative David Boyer, a Republican from Poland, Maine, recently introduced a bill to prohibit municipalities and police departments from using artificial…
The Goodyear Police Department in Arizona has begun using artificial intelligence to generate photo-realistic composite images of suspects from witness statements. Officer Mike…
Last summer, the Burlington Police Department became the first agency in its state to use artificial intelligence to review body camera footage, reflecting a wider expansion of AI…
An investigation by Gizmodo and The Markup revealed that predictive policing software used by law enforcement agencies disproportionately targets low-income areas and communities…
Santa Cruz, California, has become the first city in the United States to outright ban the use of predictive policing algorithms as law enforcement faces national scrutiny over…