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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.

511 records across 57 countries, last checked 6 November 2026. How records are made

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.

CountrySupplier
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesAirship AI video management platform with licence plate OCR and object detection United StatesNationwide Airship AI Holdings Inc. — Operational
NASA Office of Protective ServicesAI camera analytics for security United StatesNationwide Milestone, Genetec, Verkada, Lenel 2016 Operational
US Customs and Border ProtectionAutonomous Surveillance Towers United StatesBorder Patrol sectors on the southwest and northern borders Anduril Industries 2018 Operational
US Customs and Border ProtectionMatroid automated item of interest detection in Border Patrol imagery United StatesBetween ports of entry Matroid 2020 Operational
US Customs and Border ProtectionVessel detection from camera imagery United StatesMaritime border areas JHU APL 2025 Operational
US Customs and Border ProtectionCBP Common AI Service: image analysis and data correlation United States — — Proposed
US Customs and Border ProtectionTethered Aerostat Radar System vessel and object detection United States — — Proposed
US Customs and Border ProtectionRAPTOR (Rapid Tactical Operations Reconnaissance) United StatesAlong US borders — — Proposed
US Department of Veterans Affairs (Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness)Avigilon video search function United States Avigilon (named in the use case title) — Operational
US Department of Veterans Affairs (Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness)Verkada camera AI video search United States Verkada (named in the use case title) — Proposed

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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.