Police use AI to help with custody decisions

[Still Waters]

Police in Durham are preparing to go live with an artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to help officers decide whether or not a suspect should be kept in custody.

The system classifies suspects at a low, medium or high risk of offending and has been tested by the force.

It has been trained on five years' of offending histories data.

One expert said the tool could be useful, but the risk that it could skew decisions should be carefully assessed.

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