CDIO Scot Dunn: ‘Front-line cops have nothing to worry about from AI – it can only make their lives better’

10th June 2025James Sweetland, Policing Insight

Humberside Police has become a story of turnaround success, from being the first UK force to be rated ‘inadequate’ to becoming graded in most areas as ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’, and technology has played key part in the transformation; Police Insight’s James Sweetland spoke to the force’s Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Scot Dunn about the role artificial intelligence has played in that journey, the importance of focusing new tech on supporting victims, and the difference a national policing centre could make.

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CDIO Scot Dunn: ‘Front-line cops have nothing to worry about from AI – it can only make their lives better’

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