Another Maine Police Department Uses an AI Startup to Write Reports

Another Maine police department uses an AI startup to write reports

A signs points the way to the police department in downtown Rockland in this 2021 file photo. Photo by Troy R. Bennett of the Bangor Daily News.Daniel O’Connor is a Report for America corps member who covers rural government as part of the partnership between The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News, with additional support from BDN and Monitor readers. An artificial intelligence startup that lets police officers generate incident reports fro…

Another Maine police department uses an AI startup to write reports

Officers are required by the software to make edits before signing off on the reports, including removing obscure or intentionally incorrect words the company calls “Easter eggs.”