Recent Funded Projects

US National Science Foundation
Funded project on AI/predictive policing (2019-2023)

Our Events

23-24 June 2022
Northwestern Univ., Center for Advanced Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI)
Co-organizing workshop on AI policing

AI Policing Reports and Papers

8 December 2025
Criminal Justice Ethics
A Debiasing Technique for Place-based Algorithmic Patrol Management

23 August 2023
A Machine Learning Evaluation Framework for Place-based Algorithmic Patrol Management
A report funded by the US National Science Foundation

30 September 2020
Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Predictive Policing: A Roadmap for Research
A report funded by the US National Science Foundation

Contributed Articles, Etc.

7 May 2023
Wireless Philosophy
Does Predictive Policing Make Us All Safer?

2 June 2020
The Philosopher's Magazine
Winning the Battle, Losing the War (predictive policing)

11 July 2016
IEEE Spectrum
Should the Police Have Robot Suicide-Bombers?

January 2016
Ethics and the Future of Spying: Technology, National Security, and Intelligence Collection
I, Spy Robot: The Ethics of Robots in National Intelligence Activities

Other Links

25 November 2023
Medium
Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Data-Driven Policing: A New Framework Emerges

Fall 2023
Cal Poly Magazine
Predicting Crime

28 August 2023
Northwestern University
Ethical Framework Aims to Reduce Bias in Data-Driven Policing

24 April 2023
Inside Edition
NYPD Announces the Addition of Security Robots and Robo-Dogs to Its Force, Testing the Ethics of Policing
How Fearful Should We Be of Robot Police? (video)

12 December 2022
Marketplace
Real-World RoboCop: The Ethics of Using Robots to Apply Lethal Force

15 July 2022
Northwestern University
CASMI Hosts Workshop on Data-Driven Policing

29 March 2021
Tech The Lead
NYPD Latest Digidogs Robot Program Raises Serious Concerns

18 March 2021
Wired
A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots
Also requoted here and here.

25 September 2020
IEEE Spectrum
Why You Should Be Very Skeptical of Ring's Indoor Security Drone

22 January 2020
Cal Poly News
Cal Poly Philosophy Professor Awarded Grant to Study Predictive Policing

28 July 2017
The Ringer
The Future of Police Robots Began Last Year—Where Is It Now?

13 July 2016
Mashable
The Ethics of Using 'Bomb Robots' as Killing Machines

11 July 2016
Computerworld
After Bomb Robot in Dallas, Expert Wants Taser-Wielding Robot in Every Police Car

9 July 2016
War Is Boring
Cops’ Robo-Bomb Is the Moment When a Defensive Technology Becomes a Weapon

8 July 2016
Time
When Can Police Use a ‘Bomb Robot’ to Kill a Suspect?

8 July 2016
The Daily Beast
Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

19 June 2010
The Times (UK)
Are Robot Cops a Potential Disaster?
Reality of Robocops (excerpt)

1 April 2010
Pocket-Lint.com
Will the RoboCops Rise by 2015?

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