Law Enforcement and Artificial Intelligence: Justice at the Front Door

Justice Speakers Institute · Mar 10, 2026

This article is part of the Hardwiring Justice series on Artificial Intelligence and the Justice System. This is Part 3A in the series examining how AI is shaping policing, prosecution, defense practice, and the courts.*

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer experimental in law enforcement. It is operational, scaled, and increasingly a part of daily policing activities. Across the country, police agencies use AI-enabled tools to support decisions about patrol deployment, vehicle identification, person identification, sound classification, and investigative prioritization.[1] These systems…