Aurora police to use AI to review body camera footage for "the good, the bad and the ugly"

[gldstwmn]

Interim Chief Art Acevedo previously worked as adviser to Truleo, the company department plans to hire

The technology is billed as a “virtual sergeant” — an omnipresent artificial intelligence capable of reviewing every minute of every police officer’s body camera footage across an entire department, analyzing how each officer handled every call.

The Aurora Police Department plans to implement just such AI tech in the near future, becoming the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to do so.

The department is finalizing a contract with Truleo, a company that uses artificial intelligence software to analyze police officers’ speech as recorded by their own body cameras. The software not only transcribes the audio and looks for keywords, but interprets the meaning of what officers say and analyzes text in context.

Truleo then looks for speech that either displays professionalism — like politeness, gratitude or offering an explanation — or is evidence of negative behaviors, such as insults, profanity and threats. It can flag potentially negative interactions to supervisors as well as measure an officer’s professionalism.

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/07/ai-body-cameras-truleo-aurora-police/

[Throck]

1. Remember there are two sides to a conversation

The police officer and the individual they are interacting with. Can AI be used to infringe on an individuals civil rights?

[gldstwmn]

3. That seems to be a concern. I don't know how I feel about this actually.

It's good because the police department doesn't have the bandwidth to review all of the bodycam footage but it's not exactly a winner for civil rights.

[sakabatou]

4. I mean, it's not like AI has ever made mistakes in police work/identification

Oh wait.

[gldstwmn]

5. Yes. The whole facial recognition thing is troubling for me. I just don't trust it.