Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office tests using AI for reports [Video]

PORTLAND, Maine — Artificial intelligence, or AI, could soon be used to help Maine police agencies save time writing police reports.

This summer, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office tested out the technology and found it to be “effective” at allowing deputies to focus more on actual policing and creating in-depth reports. 

During a mock traffic stop, Lt. James Estabrook showed NEWS CENTER Maine how the software works. He pulled over a fellow deputy and recorded the entire interaction on a body camera.

“The system is designed with LTE technology; it uploads the video immediately,” Estabrook explained.

In his office, he pulled up the video on his computer software called Draft One. It’s created by the tech. company Axon. 

Estabrook checked a few boxes and then an AI-authored draft of a police report using the video from his body camera appeared.

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