Steve Russell: ‘AI is not dissimilar to people – you can’t just buy it, deploy it and leave it, it has to be fed and watered’

18th May 2026Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

Warwickshire Police’s digital transformation over the past eight years has seen them acknowledged as a leader in many areas of police technology, and particularly the use of AI; Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons spoke to the force’s Director of Data, Strategy & Technology, Stephen Russell, about the potential for AI in policing, the importance of measured development rather than a rush to “go fast and first”, and how the lessons of managing people translate to managing AI apps and agents.

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Steve Russell: ‘AI is not dissimilar to people – you can’t just buy it, deploy it and leave it, it has to be fed and watered’

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