New Haven Police Department

The Hartford Courant, in an article of 20 April 2026 republished by Police1, reported that the New Haven Police Department said in written responses that it had bought Axon's Draft One, which drafts police reports from body-camera audio, and a spokesman, Christian Bruckhart, said the department was 'testing the software' 'on low priority calls where there is no arrest' and was 'not ready to commit to AI report writing yet'. The same article reports that Chief State's Attorney Patrick Griffin, with the support of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and the State Police, imposed a statewide moratorium on AI programs 'to draft, author and/or narrate criminal reports', 'in order to allow users to test the software, identify flaws and establish rules for its use', and gives no end date. It does not say that New Haven stopped its test. NBC Connecticut reported on 26 November 2024 that the department planned a pilot of three to six months, starting in February, limited to low-level offences such as larceny and theft. The New Haven Independent, on an undated page, reported that the Board of Alders unanimously approved a five-year, $7.6 million Axon contract that includes the software, with a three-to-six-month trial period described by Police Chief Karl Jacobson. The Division of Criminal Justice's news page of 30 April 2026 says the Police Officer Standards and Training Council would study AI-generated police reports.