Dr Brandon May: ‘Investigations take intuition, experience and knowledge which AI intrinsically doesn’t have’

15th October 2025Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

With law enforcement increasingly looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency and enhance outcomes, forensic psychologist Dr Brandon May, Assistant Professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, fears that policing is becoming over-reliant on AI – particularly generative AI in areas such as investigative interviewing, which he argues require skills such as intuition, emotional intelligence or judgement that AI doesn’t have, as he explained to Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons.

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Dr Brandon May: ‘Investigations take intuition, experience and knowledge which AI intrinsically doesn’t have’

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