Comment by avidiax

11 hours ago

This does sound problematic, but if a police officer's report contradicts the body-worn camera or other evidence, it already undermines their credibility, whether they blame AI or not. My impression is that police don't usually face repercussions for inaccuracies or outright lying in court.

> That means that if an officer is caught lying on the stand – as shown by a contradiction between their courtroom testimony and their earlier police report

The bigger issue, that the article doesn't cover, is that police officers may not carefully review the AI generated report, and then when appearing in court months or years later, will testify to whatever is in the report, accurate or not. So the issue is that the officer doesn't contradict inaccuracies in the report.

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parineum  10 hours ago

> My impression is that police don't usually face repercussions for inaccuracies or outright lying in court.

That's because it's a very difficult thing to prove. Bad memories and even completely false memories are real things.

  • BrenBarn  10 hours ago

    That's why we need a greatly reduced standard of proof for officer misconduct, especially when it comes to consequences like just losing your job (as opposed to, e.g., jail time).

    • lostnground  9 hours ago

      While I agree that officers should be accountable. More enforcement of them will not suddenly make them good officers. Other nations train their police for years prior to putting them into the thick of it. US police spend far less time studying, and it shows, in everything from de-escalation tactics to general legal understanding. If you create a pipeline to weed out bad officers, then there needs to be a pipeline producing better officers

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