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Oct 12, 2025 
Gerrit De Vynck, a technology reporter at The Washington Post, dives into the complex world of AI in policing. He explains how tools like LongEye help detectives manage overwhelming amounts of digital evidence. The conversation raises crucial civil rights concerns, discussing data access, surveillance tools, and the ongoing challenge of maintaining human oversight in AI use. Gerrit also touches on public sentiment regarding privacy versus convenience, revealing the broader implications of AI on society and law enforcement.
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Police Chief's Early AI Use
- Daryl Lowe, chief of Redmond Police, has used AI tools to help officers review mountains of evidence.
- He and his team applied LongEye to speed through transcripts, photos, and recordings rather than read everything by hand.
AI Turns Evidence Into Searchable Data
- LongEye ingests transcripts, photos, and recordings and uses an LLM to let officers query large evidence sets.
- It highlights relevant passages so investigators can search evidence instead of reading it line-by-line.
Data Deluge Drives AI Demand
- Modern policing can request vast digital caches from tech and telecom companies via warrants and other means.
- AI vendors pitch themselves as the solution to the problem of investigators being overwhelmed by data.
