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Kathryn Henne, Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University

Australian police are trialling AI to analyse body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures and expert criticism

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Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to improve public trust and accountability. But this has created huge amounts of data, about 95% of which is never reviewed or even seen.

Enter companies such as Axon, Polis Solutions and Truleo. These companies market artificial intelligence (AI) tools for analysing the data generated by body-worn cameras and other policing technologies.

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