Overview

• LKA President Andreas Stenger highlights challenges posed by criminals exploiting AI without regulatory constraints, unlike law enforcement bound by EU rules.
• AI tools are deployed to manage exponential increases in digital evidence, assisting investigators by pre-sorting data while leaving final forensic evaluations to humans.
• Deep fakes, realistic yet manipulated media created with AI, present growing challenges for authentication and evidentiary reliability in criminal investigations.
• The LKA is reshaping investigator roles, emphasizing IT and cybercrime expertise over traditional policing skills, and offering specialized training and career tracks in cybercrime.
• Partnerships with dual universities in Baden-Württemberg support the training of police officers as cyber specialists, aiming to achieve technological parity or superiority over criminals.