Artificial Intelligence - 1183/21

Date Responded 23 September 2021

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

  1. Do you use Artificial Intelligence in criminal investigations currently?
  2. If so, what is its main use?
  3. What is the most common crime or investigation type where Artificial Intelligence has been used?
  4. If you do not use Artificial Intelligence currently, is there a reason why not?

In Response:

I can confirm that the information you have requested is not held by Northumbria Police as we do not use Artificial Intelligence in criminal investigations currently and we do not hold information as to the reason why we do not use Artificial Intelligence in criminal investigations.

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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