United Kingdom, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Police
AI-enabled CCTV search and analysis tool
TrialJournalismPAI-5AE82366
- Body
- North Yorkshire Police
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Area
- North Yorkshire
- Technology
- AI-enabled CCTV search and analysis tool
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Trial
Being tested in live conditions under a time-limited pilot or trial. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Discussed at an online public meeting hosted by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority policing, fire and crime team on 13 July 2026. Force guidance, developed with the Crown Prosecution Service, bars the use of AI to create primary evidence.
- Evidence
- Journalism
Named reporting by a reputable outlet - Source
- This is the Coast, 19 July 2026
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-5AE82366
Notes
This is the Coast reported on 19 July 2026, from an online public meeting held on 13 July 2026, that North Yorkshire Police has a pilot under way of an "AI-enabled" CCTV analysis tool, procured for 12 months and used by one team in major crime and serious organised crime investigations to search large volumes of footage for specific people or items. Assistant Chief Constable Ben Moseley gave the example of finding a man in a white shirt and black tie across hundreds of hours of York CCTV, and said the force thought the tool could do the equivalent of hundreds of hours of review in roughly 10 to 15 minutes. That speed is the force's own estimate. The report does not name the product or supplier. A freedom of information response of May 2025 (reference 1188/25-26) said the force did not then use BriefCam or hold any video analytics contract.
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| Warwickshire PoliceVideo analytics software licences for CCTV evidence | United KingdomWarwickshire | Bedroq Limited (supplier named in the contract notice) | — | Proposed | |
| Metropolitan PoliceAI video analytics for reviewing CCTV in investigations | United KingdomLondon | — | — | Operational | |
| West Yorkshire PoliceAI CCTV video analytics (searchable footage) | United KingdomWest Yorkshire | Bedroq | — | Proposed |