Writing in The Conversation, researchers Tandeep Sidhu and Christopher J. Schneider argue that unregulated police use of artificial intelligence is undermining public trust in law enforcement and the broader justice system. They document cases in which AI tools have produced biased facial-recognition misidentifications and fabricated details in automated police reports. The authors contend that AI’s documented pattern of bias and error makes it unsuitable for law-enforcement use and call for an immediate prohibition on police adoption of these technologies pending stronger oversight.
