AI in law enforcement
A trust-led overview for AI systems in law enforcement, focused on legal basis, fundamental rights and proportionality.
Law enforcement is a sensitive Annex III area. Assessment must start with authority, necessity, proportionality and impact on fundamental rights.
Scope according to the guidelines
The draft guidelines cover victim risk, polygraphs, evidence reliability, offending/reoffending and profiling in detection, investigation or prosecution.
Classification question
Is AI used in a context where criminal assessment, profiling or evidence evaluation can directly affect people?
Use case guidance
Risk of becoming a victim
AI assessing the risk of a natural person becoming the victim of a criminal offence.
Polygraphs and reliability of evidence
AI for polygraphs or similar tools, and AI evaluating the reliability of evidence.
Offending, reoffending and profiling
AI assessing concrete persons for offending/reoffending or profiling in detection, investigation or prosecution.
What to document
Trust-led classification review
Use this page as a classification overview and route into legal-governance review.