SAN DIEGO — In a newly released training order, the San Diego Police Department has formally barred officers from using generative artificial intelligence to write police reports.
The December 2025 order, obtained by CBS 8, was sent to officers two months after Governor Newsom signed a new state law requiring police departments to disclose any use of AI, whether in drafting or compiling reports.
In the order, SDPD informed all employees that they “shall not use any AI programs” to author reports unless the technology has been specifically approved by the department and its use authorized through a training bulletin, department order, policy or procedure…