How can policing utilise smart assistants, such as to manage the logistics of police deployment and tasking or to ensure that victims and witnesses receive the best possible support?
Background
"The ability to pass information quickly, accurately, and securely, and the ability to intercept or disrupt communications of others.
Our interests here relate to how policing can better service the public and victims to that they have easy and timely access to information. This might consider the use of possible ‘self-service’ options or smart assistants to provide assurance to victims on their case progress. This interest is not about reducing the person contact the pubic have with the police workforce but being able to use that contact in a smarter, more effective way. "
Next steps
"We welcome your engagement with our ARIs in the following ways:
• If you have evidence that completely or partly supports or answers one of our ARIs, we invite you to share that with us. For any ongoing research relevant to policing and crime reduction, we encourage you to register your research on the College of Policing’s research projects map, which has been designed to promote collaboration and support requests for participants.
• If you are, or plan to be, carrying out research that relates to one of our ARIs, we’d like to hear about it. While we cannot respond to speculative approaches for research funding, we will where possible act to support your ambitions, including finding you policing partners where possible.
• If you are submitting a funding or grant application that aligns with one of our ARIs, we hope that referencing policing’s ARIs will help to strengthen your case for the possible public impact of the research.
• We will use the ARI document to structure our academic engagement, prioritise events and build new connections with external partners. We will be using our ARIs in our engagement with UKRI, and we will publish any opportunities for funding via our website https://science.police.uk/
Please send any correspondence and questions to csa@npcc.police.uk, including ‘ARI’ in the subject heading."
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Identifying Future Capabilities for Community Policing (KOBAN)
Across Europe society is changing due to demographic, technological and economic developments. Communities are getting more diverse, both in real life and online. This challenges Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to engage...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on creating an innovative Community Policing initiative, including the development of an AI Assistant and App Factory for CP tools tailored to stakeholders' needs.
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"Ethical Review to Support Responsible AI in Policing - A Preliminary Study of West Midlands Police's Specialist Data Ethics Review Committee "
The deployment of AI and emerging technologies by the police, while promising more effective use of data for the prevention and detection of crime, brings with it considerable threats of disproportionality and interferen...
Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on ethical AI in policing and addresses the use of AI tools, which aligns with the question's interest in utilizing smart assistants for police deployment and victim support.
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INTERACT (Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response And Contact Technologies in Policing)
Over recent years, the ways in which members of the public can contact the police have undergone significant change. Whilst much contact is still face-to-face, many police organisations have introduced different types of...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on understanding the implications of introducing technologies into conversations between the police and the public, aiming to shape policy and practice for better service provision.