In line with directives by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministerial Committee for Information Technology and Communication (MCICT), the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) discussed collaboration with the Royal Academy of Police to advance artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within the public security sector. This collaboration aims to establish an integrated framework for the development…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Pakistan to Send Islamabad Police Officers to Beijing for AI, Modern Policing Training
Pakistan’s interior ministry announced on Wednesday that the government would send Islamabad Police officers to Beijing so that they can receive training in artificial intelligence and modern policing methods. Pakistan has recently undertaken measures to enhance its policing methods, especially as it faces surging militant attacks in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and southwestern Balochistan…
Lindsey Piercy: UK Researcher Enhances Police De-Escalation Training with Immersive AI, VR Simulations
De-escalation training is a vital tool for police officers — helping to reduce the need for force and ensuring safer outcomes for everyone involved in a tense situation. Yet, navigating these high-pressure moments is far from simple. Stephen Ware, associate professor in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky,…
Finnish Government: AI Helps in Proactive Policing
The FERMI project has developed an AI-based tool that can help police identify threats early and plan preventive actions. Disinformation has served as a testbed for the project. Social media and online environments have changed how information is communicated and enabled the rapid spread of fake news and disinformation. Misinformation spread online can, for example,…
Andrew Lee: AI Police Surveillance Bias – The “Minority Report” Impacting Constitutional Rights
One of my favorite Steven Spielberg movies is the 2002 dystopian thriller Minority Report, in which “precogs” working for the “Precrime” unit predict murders before they happen, allowing arrests for crimes not yet committed. Recently, Pennsylvania attorneys at the Philadelphia Bench-Bar Conference raised an alarm that AI surveillance could soon create such a world –…
Marcel Fürstenau: German Police Expands Use of Palantir Surveillance Software
The surveillance software called Gotham, developed by US company Palantir, is billed as an all-rounder: gigantic amounts of data are brought together at lightning speed. It only takes a few seconds to satisfy a police officer’s curiosity: name, age, address, fines, criminal record. In combination with selected cellphones and the contents of scanned social media…
NPCC Police Artificial Intelligence Strategy
The NPCC’s delivery of the AI strategy will ensure UK policing is ambitious in the deployment of AI that reflects our ethics and values. By harnessing the benefits of AI and deploying AI that reflects the best evidence, UK Policing will become more efficient and productive, meaning that we are better at meeting the needs…
Michael Jenkins, Chris Shields: Taking a Principled Approach to AI in Policing
The rapid integration of technology into law enforcement operations, combined with recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), suggests that AI will soon become integral to a wide range of policing technologies. AI is, in fact, already being explored in a range of policing efforts such as crime analysis, body camera video review, and DNA evaluation.1…
Greg Friese: How to Use AI to Create Police Officer Training
Some of the key reasons police trainers might be reluctant to use ChatGPT, Gemini or other AI LLMs include: