Axon’s Draft One, which produces AI-generated police reports, purports to cut in half the amount of time officers spend writing police reports. But a recent police agency’s decision to discontinue use of the software and a new scientific study cast doubt on those assertions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/anchorage-police-department-ai-generated-police-reports-dont-save-time
Electronic Frontier Foundation · Anchorage Police Department: AI-Generated Police Reports Don’t Save TimeThe Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axon’s Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police reports for officers—and has decided not to retain the technology. Axon touts this technology as “force multiplying,” claiming...
@eff I mean, police reports are between 40 and 100% Lies By Volume; show me a police officer who files a proper, truthful, and complete report, and I’ll show you a police officer who’s unemployed.