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After serving as interim Director of Police AI, Al Murray has been appointed to the role on a substantive basis.
The national centre for artificial intelligence (AI) in policing is based in the College of Policing supported by £75m of Home Office funding allocated over three years. As a one of the commitments in the Policing White Paper, Murray has been overseeing the transition of work on the police use of AI from the National Police Chiefs’ Council to a national centre for Police AI. The goal is to support the responsible adoption of AI across policing in England and Wales.
Murray started his policing career in West Midlands Police and has served in the Met and as a temporary chief of West Mercia. Most recently he led the Serious Organised Crime Threats portfolio at the National Crime Agency. He was awarded an OBE in 2017.
Remarking on the announcement of his appointment, Murray said: “It is an incredible privilege to be appointed as Director of PoliceAI at such an important moment for policing. Artificial intelligence presents one of the greatest opportunities in a generation to improve public services, helping policing better protect communities, support victims and respond to increasingly complex threats.
“Our focus remains on identifying, testing and scaling AI solutions that deliver real benefits for victims and the public, while ensuring they are used responsibly and governed appropriately. Success will be measured not by how much AI policing uses, but by the difference it makes to the people we serve.”
PoliceAI projects include exploring the use of AI tools to prepare and quality-check case files of evidence, identify child sexual abuse images, and quickly analyse CCTV and other digital media.
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