This week, Lakeland’s city commission approved a new contract with police tech company Axon. The nearly $22 million dollar contract includes a controversial AI tool that generates police reports.
The new AI tool, called Axon Draft One, is already being used by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Draft One listens to conversations through body cameras and uses the dialogue to generate a report. The officer then has to certify that the report is accurate, but that can be as simple as clicking a button…