Author: Kathryn Henne, Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University

Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to improve public trust and accountability. But this has created huge amounts of data, about 95% of which is never reviewed or even seen. Enter companies such as Axon, Polis Solutions and Truleo. These companies market artificial intelligence (AI) tools for analysing the data generated by body-worn cameras and other policing technologies. Some police departments in the United States previously launched trials of these tools before abandoning them because of concerns about privacy. Truleo told The Conversation that police in Australia were now using its technology, but…