AI-assisted summaryPolice departments in metro Phoenix are testing AI software that generates police reports from body camera footage.One version of the software, called Draft One, transcribes audio from body cameras and can save officers hours of report writing time.While law enforcement praises the efficiency of Draft One, the ACLU has raised concerns about potential bias and transparency issues.Police departments in metro Phoenix are testing software that uses artificial intelligence to generate police reports from the contents of body-worn camera video.Some agencies are trying Axon’s Draft One software, which can slash the time police officers spend writing reports and get them back on the street more quickly.Draft One generates a police report in seconds based on the audio from body camera video. It prompts an officer to fill in details of their encounter that could not be gathered from the audio and has safeguards to ensure they proofread the report before submitting it.”I’ve had officers tell me that it has saved them several hours,” Scottsdale police Sgt. Paul Wright said in an interview. “Which allows them to go to more calls, stay out on the road, you know, not sit at the station as long.”Axon launched the software in April 2024, calling it a “revolutionary” tool that produces high-quality reports. But civil rights activists have raised several issues with it.”These concerns include the unreliability and biased nature of AI, evidentiary and memory issues when officers resort to this technology, and issues around transparency,” said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, in a November analysis published on the group’s website.Wright said Scottsdale police were comfortable with Draft One because it was 100% based on the body-worn camera audio and didn’t take guesses or make things up.”It does describe the audio in different ways, but it’s not bringing in information outside of what actually happened from what we’ve seen,” he said. “If the transcription wasn’t based on strictly audio only, I think there would be concerns. But the way their software works, that’s not the case.”Scottsdale police conducted a trial period of Draft One, and officials were deciding whether the department would fully implement it.The Gilbert and Tempe police departments have also tested the software.Metro Phoenix police department tests Draft One software for AI reportsUp to 45 police officers across multiple units, including police aides, participated in Scottsdale’s pilot program and reacted positively overall to Draft One, Wright said.View in new tabThe biggest hurdle was getting officers used to using it, he said, because it felt foreign to them, and the software didn’t always spit out a narrative that reflected their writing style. He said that once they got the hang of it, they understood the benefits.Wright said that Draft One, in some cases, may be able to produce a more complete report than one based on an officer’s perceptions alone. Even if an officer missed an audible detail at the scene, the AI wouldn’t, he said.Before creating the report, a police officer tells Draft One what type of incident they handled, how severe the charge was and if an arrest was made. Then, the report is generated.Bu …
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