President’s Message: The Role of Policy in the Use of New Technologies

There is no question that new and emerging technologies like unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones), facial recognition, artificial intelligence, body-worn cameras, and automatic license plate readers, among others, play an increasingly crucial role in the daily work of police, equipping officers with enforcement and investigative tools that have the potential of making them safer, better informed, and more effective and efficient. In a time when law enforcement agencies are typically operating with a reduced force and agencies are asking their officers to respond to an ever-expanding variety of calls for service, the use of technology has become essential.

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