{
  "record": {
    "id": "36f8b44a-b911-458d-a23e-3da86248c05c",
    "code": "PAI-36F8B44A",
    "force": "Public Security Bureau (multiple cities)",
    "country": "China",
    "country_code": "cn",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "National, multiple cities",
    "technology": "AI Autonomous Police Patrol Vehicles",
    "technology_slug": "autonomous-patrol-vehicles",
    "vendor": "Not disclosed in available reporting",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "journalism",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "2025",
    "legal_basis": "Not disclosed. China has no independent judicial authorisation requirement for domestic police surveillance technology comparable to Western warrant systems",
    "oversight": "None independent of the state disclosed in available reporting",
    "notes": "A fleet of driverless police patrol vehicles equipped with 360-degree panoramic cameras, facial recognition and onboard AI processors, operating around the clock without officers aboard. Authorities describe the vehicles as identifying watchlisted individuals, fraudulent number plates and traffic or safety violations in real time, as part of a wider strategy of embedding AI into everyday policing and reducing reliance on human patrol officers.",
    "source": "Reported via multiple outlets citing Chinese state media",
    "source_url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinas-ai-police-cars-use-facial-recognition-24-7-surveillance-shift-citizens-1760701",
    "last_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/36f8b44a-b911-458d-a23e-3da86248c05c"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}