Police use of AI in Canada needs a ‘coherent, democratic framework’ that avoids ‘paralysing bureaucracy’

29th January 2026Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

A recent report drawn from a series of Canadian roundtables focusing on the governance and use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the country’s police highlights the importance of the public helping to shape the use of AI by law enforcement, and the need for a “coherent, democratic framework” enabling AI to play a “legitimate, constrained” role in policing – without drifting towards a surveillance state and also avoiding “paralysing bureaucracy”, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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Police use of AI in Canada needs a ‘coherent, democratic framework’ that avoids ‘paralysing bureaucracy’

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