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217 records: 171 in use now, 27 withdrawn, 19 on the horizon.

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Police AI deployment records
CountrySupplier
Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresSistema de Reconocimiento Facial de Prófugos (SRFP) ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires — 2019 Paused
Ministerio Público Fiscal de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresClearview Pro facial recognition ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Clearview AI 2025 Operational
Policía Federal Argentina (Ministerio de Seguridad de la Nación)Clearview AI facial recognition Argentina Clearview AI 2025 Operational
South Australia PoliceAI investigative and surveillance tools AustraliaSouth Australia NEC (NeoFace), for facial recognition 2026 Operational
Victoria PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition AustraliaVictoria iFace 2020 Operational
Western Australia PoliceLive Facial Recognition AustraliaPerth and Fremantle NEC (NeoFace M40) 2026 Trial
Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Police Office)Retrospective facial recognition against the police photograph database Austria Cognitec Systems 2020 Operational
Brussels police zoneVideo Analytics Search (BriefCam) BelgiumBelgium, Brussels BriefCam 2023 Operational
Rio de Janeiro Military Police (CICC)Live Facial Recognition BrazilRio de Janeiro state Dahua (car-mounted cameras) 2019 Operational
São Paulo City Hall (Smart Sampa)Live Facial Recognition BrazilSão Paulo city Not specified in sources reviewed 2024 Operational
Edmonton Police ServiceAI Facial Recognition Body-Worn Cameras CanadaAlberta Axon (camera hardware) with Corsight AI (facial recognition model) 2025 Trial
Halton Regional Police ServiceAI Call-Taker Hiring and Training Simulation CanadaOntario GovWorx 2026 Operational
Peel Regional PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition CanadaOntario Idemia 2024 Operational
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (British Columbia)AI-assisted police report writing CanadaBritish Columbia Axon (Draft One) 2025 Trial
Toronto Police ServiceRetrospective Facial Recognition CanadaOntario NEC (NeoFace Reveal) 2018 Operational
York Regional PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition CanadaOntario Idemia 2024 Operational
Subsecretaría de Prevención del DelitoSITIA Patentes automatic licence plate recognition ChileRegión Metropolitana, extending to other regions — 2024 Operational
Subsecretaría de Prevención del DelitoSITIA unified public and private camera platform ChileRegión Metropolitana, extending to other regions — 2024 Operational
Daxing Branch, Beijing Municipal Public Security BureauSelf-driving police patrol cars (road test) ChinaBeijing Neolix 2024 Trial
Hangzhou Public Security Bureau (traffic police)Humanoid police robots ChinaZhejiang SUPCON Information (T2) 2026 Operational
Ministry of Public Security (national)Skynet / Sharp Eyes camera and facial recognition network China Multiple domestic manufacturers 2005 Operational
Ordos traffic policeRobot traffic police ChinaOrdos, Inner Mongolia — 2026 Operational
Public Security Bureau (multiple cities)AI Autonomous Police Patrol Vehicles ChinaNational, multiple cities Not disclosed in available reporting 2025 Operational
Wuhu Public Security BureauHumanoid police robots ChinaAnhui AiMOGA Robotics, backed by Chery (R001) 2026 Operational
Xinjiang regional policeIntegrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) ChinaXinjiang State-developed, with Hikvision (CETC) reported as an equipment supplier 2016 Operational
Policía Nacional de ColombiaIAPol crime prediction and patrol allocation Colombia High Tech Software S.A.S. 2025 Operational
Czech PoliceAI and machine learning forensic tools Czech RepublicCzech Republic, national Multiple: BriefCam, Magnet AXIOM, Cellebrite UFED, Phonexia, Newton, ABBYY FineReader 2026 Operational
Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police)Object and facial recognition in investigative video review DenmarkCopenhagen — 2025 Trial
Rigspolitiet (Danish National Police)Automatic number plate recognition (ANPG) Denmark — — Operational
Rigspolitiet (Danish National Police)POL-INTEL cross-domain police analysis platform Denmark Palantir Technologies — Operational
Estonian Police and Border Guard BoardLive Facial Recognition EstoniaEstonia, national Not specified in the source 2024 Trial
eu-LISA (EU Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems)EU Entry/Exit System (EES) European UnionEuropean Union and Schengen area eu-LISA 2025 Operational
Gendarmerie nationaleVideo Analytics Search (BriefCam) France BriefCam (Canon) 2015 Operational
Gendarmerie nationaleAlgorithmic video surveillance (VSA / vidéosurveillance algorithmique) France Multiple contractors 2023 Operational
Gendarmerie nationaleRetrospective Facial Recognition (handheld, NEO devices) France Cognitec (Germany) 2025 Operational
Police nationaleVideo Analytics Search (BriefCam) France BriefCam (Canon) 2015 Operational
Police nationaleAlgorithmic video surveillance (VSA / vidéosurveillance algorithmique) France Multiple contractors 2023 Operational
Police nationaleRetrospective Facial Recognition (handheld, NEO devices) France Cognitec (Germany) 2025 Operational
Bavarian State PoliceData Integration and Link Analysis (Palantir Gotham) GermanyBavaria Palantir Technologies 2024 Operational
Hessen PoliceAI-supported real-time biometric identification GermanyFrankfurt am Main (Bahnhofsviertel), Hesse Not specified in the source 2025 Operational
Hessen PoliceData Integration and Link Analysis (Palantir Gotham) GermanyHesse Palantir Technologies 2017 Operational
North Rhine-Westphalia PoliceData Integration and Link Analysis (Palantir Gotham) GermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia Palantir Technologies 2019 Operational
Hong Kong Police ForceSmartView territory-wide CCTV network with AI video analytics Hong KongHong Kong (territory-wide) — — Operational
Hungarian National PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition (PND search) HungaryNationwide; deployed at Budapest Pride, June 2025 National Expertise and Research Centre database (collected from ID cards/driving licences since 2015) 2025 Operational
Delhi PoliceLive Facial Recognition IndiaDelhi Not specified in sources reviewed 2018 Operational
Israel PoliceEagle Eye (Ein HaNetz) automatic number plate recognition network Israel — — Operational
Italian State PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition ItalyItaly, national Acquired by the Ministry of the Interior in 2017; operated by the Polizia Scientifica 2018 Operational
National Police Agency (Japan)AI analysis and prioritisation of suspicious transaction reports JapanJapan (national) — 2022 Operational
Dutch Police (Politie)Video Analytics Search (BriefCam) NetherlandsNetherlands, national BriefCam 2018 Operational
New Zealand PoliceAutomatic number plate recognition, including data from third-party ANPR networks New ZealandNew Zealand (national) Auror; SaferCities (VGRID) — Operational
New Zealand PoliceABIS 2 retrospective facial recognition against the police image database New ZealandNew Zealand (national) — — Operational
Enugu State Command and Control CentreAI-enabled camera surveillance network integrated with police response NigeriaEnugu State — 2024 Operational
Policía Nacional del Perú (Centro de Comando, Control, Cómputo y Comunicaciones, C4)Facial recognition video surveillance against the wanted-persons register PeruNational, concentrated in Lima — 2025 Operational
Moscow police (Ministry of Internal Affairs)Facial recognition CCTV network (including systems reported as “Sfera” and “Face Control”) RussiaMoscow Domestic and NtechLab-linked systems reported 2017 Operational
Singapore Police ForceHome Team SkyGuardian beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone patrol and incident response SingaporeSingapore (national) — 2026 Operational
Singapore Police ForceReport Lodging Co-Pilot (R-COP) AI report-lodging assistant SingaporeSingapore (national) — 2025 Operational
Singapore Police ForceAI screening of seized devices for obscene material SingaporeSingapore (national) — — Operational
Singapore Police Force (Police Coast Guard)Autonomous unmanned surface vessel for maritime patrol SingaporeSingapore territorial waters — 2026 Trial
City of Cape Town Metro PoliceAutomatic number plate recognition, fixed and in-vehicle South AfricaCape Town, Western Cape — — Operational
Korean National Police Agency (National Office of Investigation)Deepfake detection software South KoreaSouth Korea (national) — 2024 Operational
Secretariat of State for Security (Ministry of the Interior)Algorithmic Risk Assessment SpainSpain, national VioGen 2007 Operational
Swedish Police AuthorityLive Facial Recognition SwedenSweden, national Not specified in the source 2026 Trial
Kantonspolizei AargauPrecobs place-based burglary prediction SwitzerlandCanton of Aargau LogObject AG — Operational
General Directorate of Security (Emniyet Genel Mudurlugu)Plate Recognition System (PTS) with average-speed violation detection Turkey — — Operational
Dubai PoliceOyoon AI surveillance camera network (facial recognition and plate recognition) United Arab EmiratesDubai — 2018 Operational
Avon and Somerset PolicePredictive Analytics Programme United KingdomAvon and Somerset Built in-house 2017 Operational
Avon and Somerset PoliceSöze investigation analytics platform United KingdomAvon and Somerset — 2024 Trial
Avon and Somerset PoliceMicrosoft Copilot Chat (generative AI) United KingdomAvon and Somerset Microsoft — Operational
Avon and Somerset PoliceRetrospective facial recognition (Police National Database search) United KingdomAvon and Somerset — — Operational
Bedfordshire PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomBedfordshire NEC (NeoFace Watch), according to NEC 2025 Operational
Bedfordshire PolicePolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms United KingdomBedfordshire Palantir Technologies 2023 Trial
British Transport PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomLondon rail and Underground network NEC (NeoFace M40) 2026 Trial
Cambridgeshire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomCambridgeshire — 2026 Operational
Cambridgeshire ConstabularyCitizen Assist AI online crime reporting United KingdomCambridgeshire — 2026 Trial
Cheshire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomCheshire — 2026 Operational
Cheshire ConstabularyRetrospective facial recognition (Police National Database search) United KingdomCheshire — 2024 Operational
Cheshire ConstabularyMicrosoft Copilot (generative AI) United KingdomCheshire Microsoft — Operational
City of London PoliceFCCRAS fraud and cybercrime reporting platform United KingdomEngland and Wales (national fraud reporting) Capita and PwC 2024 Operational
Cumbria ConstabularyAI 101 call routing United KingdomCumbria Home Office and NPCC, with Vodafone Business 2026 Operational
Cumbria ConstabularyRetrospective facial recognition (Police National Database search) United KingdomCumbria — — Operational
Derbyshire ConstabularyMicrosoft Copilot (generative AI) United KingdomDerbyshire Microsoft 2025 Operational
Devon and Cornwall PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomDevon and Cornwall — 2026 Operational
Devon and Cornwall PoliceSecure Redact AI-assisted redaction United KingdomDevon and Cornwall — — Trial
Dorset PoliceSecure Redact AI-assisted redaction United KingdomDorset — — Trial
Essex PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Corsight AI (Apollo 4), with Digital Barriers 2024 Operational
Essex PoliceRetrospective facial recognition (Police National Database search) United KingdomEssex — — Operational
Essex PoliceKnife Crime and Violence Model (Fearless Futures) United KingdomEssex — — Trial
Gloucestershire ConstabularyAI summaries of police interview records United KingdomGloucestershire Defence Holdings (Defence Technologies) 2025 Trial
Greater Manchester PoliceLive and Retrospective Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Not specified in source 2025 Operational
Greater Manchester PoliceMicrosoft 365 Copilot (generative AI) United Kingdom Microsoft — Operational
Gwent PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Not specified in source 2021 Operational
Gwent PoliceOperator-Initiated Facial Recognition (handheld) United KingdomGwent — — Operational
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomHampshire and Isle of Wight — 2025 Operational
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United KingdomHampshire and Isle of Wight Salesforce (Agentforce 360 platform), according to Salesforce 2025 Operational
Hertfordshire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomHertfordshire — 2026 Operational
Hertfordshire ConstabularyProject Nectar (Palantir Foundry data platform) United KingdomHertfordshire Palantir Technologies — Trial
Hertfordshire ConstabularyADA (Anathem Digital Assistant) AI witness statement drafting United KingdomHertfordshire Anathem — Paused
HM Prison and Probation ServiceOASys offender risk assessment United KingdomEngland and Wales UK Ministry of Justice; technical support from Capita 2001 Operational
HM Prison and Probation ServiceAI language analysis of seized prisoner phones United KingdomEngland and Wales Not publicly specified 2025 Trial
Home OfficeANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) United Kingdom Leonardo MW Ltd (software) and Redcentric plc (data storage), named as processors in the impact assessment 2006 Operational
Home OfficeRetrospective Facial Recognition (PND search) United Kingdom Cognitec (FaceVACS-DBScan ID), among others 2014 Operational
Home OfficeAI 101 call routing and triage United KingdomEngland and Wales Home Office and NPCC with Vodafone Business 2026 Trial
Home OfficeCSAM Detection and Classification (Vigil AI / CAID) United KingdomUK-wide Roke (Vigil AI classifier); Qumodo and Cyan Forensics also credited 2014 Operational
Humberside PoliceBobbi AI virtual assistant United KingdomHumberside Salesforce (Agentforce platform) 2025 Trial
Kent PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomKent — 2026 Operational
Lancashire ConstabularyLive Facial Recognition United KingdomLancashire — 2026 Operational
Leicestershire PoliceRetrospective Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area NEC, according to NEC 2014 Operational
Lincolnshire PoliceCESIUM child exploitation risk identification United KingdomLincolnshire Trilateral Research (CESIUM) 2023 Operational
Merseyside PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomMerseyside, including Southport and Birkenhead town centres — 2025 Operational
Metropolitan PoliceOperator-Initiated Facial Recognition (handheld) United KingdomLondon; West Yorkshire and Thames Valley reported Home Office-supported deployment 2026 Trial
Metropolitan PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomLondon NEC (NeoFace) 2020 Operational
Metropolitan PoliceMobile device extraction (Cellebrite) United KingdomLondon Cellebrite 2018 Operational
Metropolitan PolicePolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms United KingdomLondon Palantir Technologies 2025 Trial
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
Nottinghamshire PoliceCESIUM child exploitation risk identification United KingdomNottinghamshire Trilateral Research 2024 Trial
PoliceAI (College of Policing and Home Office)National police AI programme United KingdomEngland and Wales Home Office and College of Policing 2026 Operational
Sainsbury'sFacewatch facial recognition United Kingdom Facewatch 2025 Operational
South Wales PoliceLive Facial Recognition United KingdomWales NEC (NeoFace) 2017 Operational
South Wales PoliceOperator-Initiated Facial Recognition (handheld) United KingdomSouth Wales — — Operational
South Yorkshire PoliceAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United KingdomSouth Yorkshire Home Office and NPCC, with Vodafone Business 2026 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
Thames Valley PoliceAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United KingdomThames Valley Salesforce (Agentforce 360 platform), according to Salesforce 2025 Operational
West Midlands PoliceMicrosoft 365 Copilot (generative AI) United KingdomWest Midlands Microsoft 2025 Paused
West Yorkshire PolicePost Call Analysis United KingdomWest Yorkshire Built in-house with the NPCC Digital Public Contact programme 2026 Operational
West Yorkshire PoliceLive and Retrospective Facial Recognition United KingdomForce area Not specified in source 2025 Operational
West Yorkshire PoliceMicrosoft 365 Copilot (generative AI) United Kingdom Microsoft — Operational
~3,100 US police departments (company estimate)Clearview AI facial recognition United States Clearview AI 2020 Operational
5,000+ US law enforcement agenciesFlock Safety ALPR United States Flock Safety 2018 Operational
Albuquerque Police DepartmentAI Gunshot Detection United StatesNew Mexico SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) 2020 Operational
Boston Police DepartmentAI Social Media Monitoring United StatesMassachusetts LifeRaft 2026 Operational
Boulder Police and Fire CommunicationsAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United StatesColorado Axon (reported by the Daily Camera, 7 October 2026; the city page does not name the supplier) 2026 Trial
Casa Grande Police DepartmentBody-Worn Camera Audio Analytics United StatesArizona Truleo 2024 Operational
City of Fayetteville (North Carolina)AI Gunshot Detection United StatesNorth Carolina SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) — Operational
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United StatesColorado Axon (Prepared) 2026 Operational
Denver Police DepartmentAI Gunshot Detection United StatesColorado SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) 2015 Operational
Florida Department of CorrectionsAI Prison Communications Monitoring (Verus) United StatesFlorida LEO Technologies (Verus) 2023 Operational
Fort Worth Police DepartmentAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United StatesTexas Axon (Prepared) 2026 Operational
Fresno Police DepartmentAI-assisted police report writing United StatesCalifornia Axon (Draft One) 2024 Operational
ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsAI Social Media Monitoring United States Zignal Labs (via Carahsoft) 2025 Operational
Lompoc Police DepartmentAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United StatesCalifornia Hyper (Motorola Solutions) 2026 Operational
Los Angeles Police DepartmentANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) United StatesCalifornia Axon 2026 Trial
Macon-Bibb County Sheriff's OfficeAI Gunshot Detection United StatesGeorgia SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) 2022 Operational
Massachusetts State PoliceTeleoperated ground robot (Boston Dynamics Spot) United StatesMassachusetts Boston Dynamics 2023 Operational
Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.)Retrospective Facial Recognition United StatesWashington, D.C. Clearview AI 2026 Operational
Miami-Dade Sheriff's OfficeAI Image Geolocation United StatesFlorida Graylark Technologies (Raven) — Trial
Milwaukee Police DepartmentRetrospective Facial Recognition United StatesWisconsin — — Paused
New Orleans Police Department (via Project NOLA)Private live facial recognition network United StatesNew Orleans, Louisiana Project NOLA (private non-profit operator) 2023 Paused
New York City Police DepartmentDrone as First Responder United StatesNew York City Skydio 2024 Operational
Norfolk Police Department (Virginia)AI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United StatesVirginia Amazon (named as the technology provider by WTKR; product not named) 2026 Operational
Orleans Parish Communication DistrictAI emergency call triage United StatesNew Orleans, Louisiana Carbyne (acquired by Axon, closed Q1 2026) 2023 Operational
Peoria Police DepartmentAI Gunshot Detection United StatesIllinois SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) 2013 Operational
Providence Police DepartmentReal-Time Crime Center Camera Integration (Fusus) United StatesRhode Island Axon (Fusus) 2025 Operational
Richland County Sheriff's DepartmentAI Gunshot Detection United StatesSouth Carolina SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) 2022 Operational
Santa Maria Police DepartmentAI Emergency and Non-Emergency Call Triage United StatesCalifornia Hyper (Motorola Solutions) 2026 Operational
Seattle Fire DepartmentAI emergency medical call analysis United StatesSeattle, Washington Corti (Denmark) 2023 Operational
Thurston County Pretrial ServicesPublic Safety Assessment (PSA) United StatesWashington — 2023 Operational
US Customs and Border ProtectionTraveler Verification Service facial matching United StatesUnited States, air land and sea ports of entry US Customs and Border Protection (cloud-based; commercial vendor not named) 2017 Operational
US Customs and Border ProtectionFederal Mobile Biometric Identification (Mobile Fortify) United StatesNationwide, including 287(g) partner agencies NEC, per WIRED and ID Tech reporting of DHS's AI Use Case Inventory; built on CBP's Traveler Verification Service; app first reported by 404 Media 2025 Operational
US Department of Homeland SecurityAI-enabled surveillance and detection analytics United States Multiple, not fully disclosed 2023 Operational
US Immigration and Customs EnforcementImmigration Case Management and Targeting (Palantir) United StatesNationwide Palantir Technologies 2014 Operational
US Immigration and Customs EnforcementFederal Mobile Biometric Identification (Mobile Fortify) United StatesNationwide, including 287(g) partner agencies NEC, per WIRED and ID Tech reporting of DHS's AI Use Case Inventory; built on CBP's Traveler Verification Service; app first reported by 404 Media 2025 Operational
US pretrial courts (multiple jurisdictions)Public Safety Assessment (PSA) United StatesNationwide Developed with support from Arnold Ventures; no commercial vendor 2013 Operational
US state courts and corrections agenciesCOMPAS recidivism and pretrial risk scoring United StatesMultiple US states Equivant, formerly Northpointe 2000 Operational
Wheat Ridge Police DepartmentAI-assisted police report writing United StatesColorado Axon (Draft One) 2025 Operational
Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsCOMPAS risk and needs assessment United StatesWisconsin — — Operational
Worcester Police DepartmentAI Gunshot Detection United StatesMassachusetts SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) 2014 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.