Cop AI Writes Reports 5x Faster While Humans Struggle To Find Backup
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- â˘Police agencies across the U.S. face critical staff shortages intensifying risks on high-threat calls for officers.
- â˘Departments from San Francisco to South Fulton and Akron piloted AI tools like Axon's Draft One and Longeyeâs evidence review systems.
- â˘Privacy concerns caused Austin to halt AI-powered park cameras, while Sno911 added AI assistant Cora to aid dispatchers.
With police departments cutting staff faster than a bad haircut, around 75% of officers say their backup arrives slower than dial-up internet, while 56% admit they're basically playing hero on high-risk calls. Cue tech savior AI: San Franciscoâs fuzz is trialing Axon's Draft One to auto-write boring reports, South Fulton, GA teamed with IBM to predict crime while saving man-hours, and Akron's dabbling with Longeye's AI that gulps endless jail phone calls and video footage searching for evidence. Sno911 in Washington even hired AI assistant Cora to coach dispatchers through chaotic 911 calls, because clearly 'Are you okay?' needed a reboot. Meanwhile, Austin paused creepy AI behavior-analysis cameras in parks over privacy drama. Oh, and the AI policing market will balloon from $3.5B to $6.6B by 2033 â enough cash to hire a small AI army that still canât court-date chatbots.
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Nothing screams justice like AI cops who sort through your phone calls faster than your lawyer reads your texts but still canât find a backup for the real humans.
When your AI writes police reports but canât call for human backup, you get a Robocop reboot with existential dread problems.
AI policing: making paperwork fast and your civil liberties slow to disappear, one creepy behavior-spotting camera at a time.
Source: Axios | Published: 1/2/2026 | Author: Russell Contreras
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