"Less time spent in the office writing reports means more time out on the road, doing police work," Brooklyn Park police inspector Matt Rabe told the TV station.
Driving the news: KSTP found Brooklyn Park, Eagan and Bloomington currently pay for the "Draft One" AI package from Axon, the police tech company behind Tasers and bodycams.
How it works: An AI-generated first draft contains fill-in-the-blank portions that officers must either complete or delete — a safeguard meant to ensure officers are making each police report their own, CNN reported in August.
Friction points: Civil liberties groups fear the tech will introduce AI-fueled biases or hallucinations into police reports — problems that could undermine a criminal case.
The ACLU also notes that an officer's subjective memories of an encounter are important evidence, and should be recorded "before they are contaminated by an AI's body camera-based storytelling."
