United Kingdom, England and Wales
PoliceAI (College of Policing and Home Office)
National police AI programme, supplied by Home Office and College of Policing
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-E4375786
- Body
- PoliceAI (College of Policing and Home Office)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Area
- England and Wales
- Technology
- National police AI programme
- Supplier
- Home Office and College of Policing
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- 2026
- Legal basis
- Home Office programme; no dedicated statute
- Oversight
- Home Office; a public register of police AI is planned, though Statewatch notes it is expected to align with FOI exemptions and completion does not appear to be compulsory
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- GOV.UK; National Police Chiefs' Council
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-E4375786
Notes
Announced in the Police Reform White Paper of January 2026 with 115 million pounds over three years, mobilising from April 2026 and formally launched on 10 June 2026, hosted by the College of Policing with 75 million pounds over three years within a wider package of around 140 million.
First-year priorities include case-file assistants, disclosure assistants, crime data integrity, rapid CCTV and digital media analysis, image identification and classification, transcription and translation, AI-assisted redaction, retail crime and tool theft matching, deepfake detection, and establishing governance for Microsoft Copilot use. It also covers a public register of police AI, a national live facial recognition capability and national data standards. Large-scale pilots involving up to ten forces are planned across 2026 and 2027, with intended national scaling from 2027.
An important limit: the Home Office states that responsibility for procurement and deployment remains with chief officers. This is a coordinating and evaluating body, not a central system imposed on forces. It is recorded here because it changes how individual technologies now reach forces, not because it is itself a deployed technology.
National police AI programme elsewhere in United Kingdom
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London PoliceFCCRAS fraud and cybercrime reporting platform | United KingdomEngland and Wales (national fraud reporting) | Capita and PwC | 2024 | Operational |