A police officer in the UK is under criminal investigation for the alleged use of artificial intelligence and has been removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the country. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.
The unnamed officer is being investigated over allegations of using the technology to "create evidential material in a number of cases" and perverting the course of justice.
Derbyshire police told the Financial Times: "A criminal investigation has been launched into an allegation of perverting the course of justice after the alleged use of AI systems by an officer to create evidential material in a number of cases."
The force said it is working closely with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in relation to any potentially impacted cases. The investigation is "in its early stages" and no further details are available.
"The officer involved has been removed from frontline duties, pending the outcome of the investigation. No arrests have been made," the force added.
The officer's role or the exact nature of the suspected misconduct has not been disclosed.
A CPS spokesperson said in a statement to the Guardian: "We are working with Derbyshire police as it conducts enquiries into the alleged use of artificial intelligence by an officer. We are engaging with defence teams and the courts in appropriate cases. As police enquiries continue, it would not be appropriate to comment further."
The investigation comes after Alex Murray, head of the National Police Chiefs' Council's Police AI centre, revealed that a number of police forces had been told to stop using AI systems to prepare court statements and other tasks because they might not be reliable enough.
In April, the Metropolitan police launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the US tech company Palantir to root out rogue officers. The software was deployed over a week, surveilling staff using data the force has ready access to, unearthing rule-breaking from work-from-home violations to suspected corruption and criminal allegations such as rape. As a result, three officers were arrested for offences including abuse of authority for sexual purposes, fraud, sexual assault, misconduct in public office and misuse of police systems.