Introduction to AI for Investigators
This one-hour Shield Thursday webinar introduces how artificial intelligence can be used in investigative work beyond report writing, including organizing case information, comparing statements, preparing for interviews, and reviewing digital evidence.
The program also addresses where these tools stop. Participants will examine accuracy, privacy, confidentiality, verification, legal and policy considerations, and the continuing role of professional investigative judgment.
Join us October 29
A focused 60-minute program designed to help investigators, supervisors, agency counsel, and public safety leaders understand practical uses of AI in investigative work — and the guardrails that should accompany those uses.
Event details
12:00–1:00 PM EDT
Why this topic matters now
Law enforcement agencies are already evaluating and using artificial intelligence for report writing. The next question is how the same technology may be used in investigative work itself.
Investigators routinely work with growing volumes of reports, interview transcripts, body-worn-camera footage, photographs, video, digital records, and other case information. AI can help organize and review that material, but speed does not replace verification, experience, judgment, or sound investigative procedure.
Program focus
Explore how AI can help organize reports, CAD information, transcripts, logs, and other investigative materials.
See how AI can identify inconsistencies and differences across reports, interviews, and prior statements — while keeping the investigator responsible for determining what matters.
Use AI to identify information gaps, develop potential questions, and prepare follow-up areas before an interview begins.
Consider potential applications involving audio, photographs, video, and other digital evidence, along with the need to verify outputs against original evidence.
Understand hallucinations, pattern-matching limitations, and why apparently persuasive AI output must still be independently verified.
Examine vendor data handling, sensitive case information, confidentiality concerns, and the separation of criminal and administrative investigative information.
Identify issues agencies should address as investigative uses of AI develop faster than many existing policies and procedures.
Learn where AI can assist and where investigative expertise, professional judgment, documentation, and accountability remain essential.
Who should attend
This webinar is designed for public safety professionals who investigate, supervise, advise, review, or establish policy for investigative work, including:
- Criminal investigators and detectives
- Internal affairs and professional standards investigators
- Supervisors and command staff
- Agency attorneys and legal advisors
- Training and policy personnel
- Crime analysts and investigative support personnel
- Technology, records, and evidence personnel
- Public safety executives evaluating AI tools and policy
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From report writing to investigation.
AI may help investigators work through information faster, but the technology does not replace investigative judgment. Join Shield for a practical introduction to what these tools can do, where they can create risk, and the safeguards agencies should consider as their use expands.
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