Overview
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to publish a white paper next week expanding AI use in policing, with predictive analytics and a nationwide roll‑out of live facial recognition reported.
- Police across England and Wales are trialling about 100 AI projects, including video search tools said to identify suspects in footage 60% faster and AI assistants for frontline decision support.
- Proposals include the V1000 scheme to proactively target 1,000 high‑risk predatory men who pose the greatest threat to women and girls.
- The Government plans to spend £4 million on an interactive AI map to identify risk areas, with completion targeted by 2030.
- Indian deployments are accelerating with Delhi’s plan for 10,000 AI‑enabled cameras and platforms like MahaCrime OS, while experts cite bias, centralised control and the 2023 Telangana detention‑and‑death case as warnings.