FOI 12226-25 Trials, Spend, Budget AI Tools
Request to Northamptonshire Police
Question 1 - Have you trialled or implemented any generative AI tools?
Question 2 - Does Northamptonshire Police currently use artificial intelligence (AI) in any public-facing capacity? (e.g. chatbots, virtual agents, digital assistants, facial recognition)
Question 3 - What was your total spend on AI or automation technologies in the financial year 2023/24?
Question 4 - Do you plan to increase your budget for AI and digital citizen engagement tools in the financial year 2025/26?
Question 5 - Have you measured any cost savings or improvements in citizen satisfaction as a result of AI or digital tools? If so, please share any available data.
Question 6 - How are you measuring the public perception of Northamptonshire Police using AI?
Question 7 - If you are, have the results been positive?
Response
Question 1
Northamptonshire Police has trialled low-level usage of MS Copilot.
Question 2
Northamptonshire Police are not operating any public-facing AI initiatives outside of Live Facial Recognition (LFR), which was first deployed at the British Grand Prix in 2024.
Question 3
The use of LFR mentioned above was facilitated financially with mutual aid from another Force.
Question 4
We are not aware of any AI-specific budget increases planned for 2025/26.
Question 5
No, we have no record of measured cost savings or improvements in citizen satisfaction resulting from the use of AI.
Question 6
We are not using AI to measure public perception at this time.
Question 7
Not applicable.