The officer has been suspended from frontline duties pending the outcome of the investigation, which centres on perverting the course of justice.
Ironically, PoliceAI, a national centre for AI in policing, had been launched in the UK the week before.
Law enforcement agencies across the world have rushed to integrate AI into their investigations, promising faster arrests and higher case closure rates. The rising number of wrongful arrests attributed to AI facial recognition systems, however, tells another story: that speed and accuracy are two entirely different things.
But while false arrests due to facial recognition software can easily be blamed on glitchy technology, an even more disturbing pattern is starting to emerge, as AI-wielding officers don’t just misidentify suspects, but use the technology to fabricate evidence....<<<Read More>>>...