{
  "record": {
    "id": "2571b9ac-ce99-4afe-8f1b-22057330ce03",
    "code": "PAI-2571B9AC",
    "force": "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Nationwide",
    "technology": "PenLink PLX forensic analysis and link analysis",
    "technology_slug": "police-data-integration-platforms",
    "vendor": "PenLink",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "The Justice Department's 2025 AI use case inventory (entry DOJ-0270, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists 'PLX' as deployed. The entry says PLX is used for forensic analysis of data from phones, computers and warrant returns in criminal investigations, giving notifications of potential entity matches and link analysis visualisations. It gives an operational date of January 2024 and classes the use as high-impact.",
    "source": "Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DOJ-0270)",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory/blob/main/Data/2025_individually_reported_AI_use_cases.csv",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/2571b9ac-ce99-4afe-8f1b-22057330ce03"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}