FRESNO, Calif. – Police departments are preparing for a new state law signed earlier this month by Governor Gavin Newsom. The legislation aims to increase transparency around the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by police. California is one of the first states to tackle the issue.
Senate Bill 524, signed into law on Oct. 10, requires police officers to disclose when they use AI tools to write police reports. Those tools include Draft One, an AI “assistant” that transcribes and summarizes audio from police bodycam footage to draft a report based on the incident. Officers can then revise and edit AI’s work as necessary.
Specifically, the law now requires a written disclosure to appear at the bottom of each page of a police report for which Draft One or other similar tools were used. The legislation also requires an “audit trail” that would preserve the original draft as well as identify the source bodycam footage or audio…