Police AI deployment tracker

Every known use of artificial intelligence by a police force or public body: one record per body and system, each tied to the public source it rests on. Search, filter and download any view. Select a column heading to sort.

217 records across 42 countries, last checked 4 November 2026. How records are made

217 records: 171 in use now, 27 withdrawn, 19 on the horizon.

Every square is one record. Squares outside your search and filters fade, so you can see what part of the whole you are looking at.

Police AI deployment records
CountrySupplier
Bedfordshire PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomBedfordshire NEC (NeoFace Watch), according to NEC 2025 Operational
British Transport PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomLondon rail and Underground network NEC (NeoFace M40) 2026 Trial
Cambridgeshire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomCambridgeshire — 2026 Operational
Cheshire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomCheshire — 2026 Operational
Devon and Cornwall PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomDevon and Cornwall — 2026 Operational
Essex PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Corsight AI (Apollo 4), with Digital Barriers 2024 Operational
Greater Manchester PoliceLive and Retrospective Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Not specified in source 2025 Operational
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomHampshire and Isle of Wight — 2025 Operational
Hertfordshire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomHertfordshire — 2026 Operational
Humberside PoliceLive facial recognition trial at a port United KingdomHumberside (port) — 2018 Discontinued
Kent PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomKent — 2026 Operational
Lancashire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomLancashire — 2026 Operational
Leicestershire PoliceLive facial recognition at Download Festival United KingdomLeicestershire (Donington Park) — 2015 Discontinued
Merseyside PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomMerseyside, including Southport and Birkenhead town centres — 2025 Operational
Metropolitan PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomLondon NEC (NeoFace) 2020 Operational
Norfolk ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomNorfolk — 2026 Operational
North Wales PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomNorth Wales — 2024 Operational
Northamptonshire PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomNorthamptonshire — 2023 Trial
Police ScotlandLive Facial Recognition United KingdomScotland Not applicable -- not yet deployed 2024 Proposed
South Wales PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomWales NEC (NeoFace) 2017 Operational
Suffolk ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomSuffolk — 2025 Trial
Surrey PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomSurrey NEC Software 2025 Operational
Sussex PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomSussex NEC Software 2025 Operational
Thames Valley PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomThames Valley, first deployed in Oxford city centre — 2025 Operational
West Yorkshire PoliceLive and Retrospective Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Not specified in source 2025 Operational

Reading the tracker

Full methodology

One record per body. Each row is one police force or public body using one system. Where a national programme serves many forces, each force that has confirmed using it has its own record, and the records share a programme name so they can be found together. A claim that "all forces" use something is not recorded until it can be checked force by force.

Every record has a source. The evidence column says what kind: an official publication, a regulator's finding, a court record, procurement notice, freedom of information response, journalism or research. Records resting on a supplier's own website or social media are marked as claims.

Records are checked, not just added. The date checked is when the record was last confirmed against its source. Status changes, such as a trial becoming operational or a contract ending, are made only after a person has reviewed the evidence.

In use now

Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source.
Trial
Being tested in live conditions under a time-limited pilot or trial.
Paused
Use suspended, with no evidence it has ended.

Withdrawn

Discontinued
Use has ended, on the evidence of a public source.

On the horizon

Proposed
Planned by a named body: a procurement, approved budget, announced pilot or consultation. Not yet in use.
In development
Being researched, built, tested or marketed for police use. No police body has confirmed using it.