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217 records: 171 in use now, 27 withdrawn, 19 on the horizon.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
Australian Federal PoliceClearview AI facial recognition (free trial) AustraliaAustralian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Clearview AI 2019 Discontinued
New South Wales Police ForceSuspect Target Management Plan (STMP III / Chimera) AustraliaNew South Wales Built in-house by NSW Police Force 2000 Discontinued
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (National Child Exploitation Crime Centre)Clearview AI facial recognition Canada Clearview AI 2019 Discontinued
National Bureau of InvestigationRetrospective Facial Recognition FinlandFinland, national Clearview AI, and separately Arachnid 2020 Discontinued
Hellenic PoliceMultimodal Handheld Biometric Identification GreeceNationwide Intracom Telecom 2019 Discontinued
Dutch National Police (Politie)Crime Anticipation System (CAS) NetherlandsNetherlands, national Built in-house by the Dutch National Police 2015 Discontinued
New Zealand PoliceClearview AI facial recognition New ZealandNew Zealand (national) — 2020 Discontinued
City of Cape TownShotSpotter acoustic gunshot detection South AfricaHanover Park, Manenberg and Lavender Hill, Cape Town SoundThinking (formerly ShotSpotter) 2016 Discontinued
Spanish National PoliceAI Report Analysis SpainSpain, national VeriPol 2018 Discontinued
Bristol City CouncilThink Family Database and child exploitation risk models United KingdomBristol Not specified 2016 Discontinued
Cambridgeshire ConstabularyPolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms United KingdomCambridgeshire Palantir Technologies 2025 Discontinued
Durham ConstabularyHART (Harm Assessment Risk Tool) United KingdomEngland In-house, with Cambridge University 2016 Discontinued
East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU)Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms United KingdomEast Midlands Palantir Technologies 2024 Discontinued
Humberside PoliceLive facial recognition trial at a port United KingdomHumberside (port) — 2018 Discontinued
Kent PolicePlace-Based Predictive Policing United KingdomKent PredPol 2013 Discontinued
Lancashire ConstabularyPolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms United KingdomLancashire Palantir Technologies 2025 Discontinued
Leicestershire PoliceLive facial recognition at Download Festival United KingdomLeicestershire (Donington Park) — 2015 Discontinued
Asheville Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR United StatesNorth Carolina Flock Safety — Discontinued
Chicago Police DepartmentAI Gunshot Detection United StatesIllinois SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) — Discontinued
Excelsior Springs Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR United StatesMissouri Flock Safety — Discontinued
Harrisonburg Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR United StatesVirginia Flock Safety 2023 Discontinued
Los Angeles Police DepartmentPlace-Based Predictive Policing United StatesCalifornia and multiple US jurisdictions PredPol, renamed Geolitica in 2021 2011 Discontinued
Lynchburg Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR United StatesVirginia Flock Safety — Discontinued
Mountain View Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR United StatesCalifornia Flock Safety 2024 Discontinued
New York City Police DepartmentAutonomous security patrol robot (Knightscope K5) United StatesNew York City Knightscope 2023 Discontinued
New York City Police DepartmentAI weapons detection screening United StatesNew York City Evolv Technology 2024 Discontinued
Sheboygan Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR United StatesWisconsin Flock Safety — Discontinued

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.