Archive · 8 Dec 2025
Canada Tests AI Body Cameras to Identify High-Risk Individuals
The police in Edmonton, Canada, are testing special body cameras with artificial intelligence.
These cameras can recognize faces of people on a high-risk list, which includes about 6,341 individuals.
The goal is to make officers safer by alerting them if they encounter someone who might be dangerous.
However, some people are worried about privacy and the accuracy of the technology.
The test is happening during the day and will last until the end of December.
The company making the cameras, Axon, says they are doing this to learn how well the technology works and to make sure it is used responsibly.
Other places, like the European Union, have banned this kind of technology, but the UK has been using it and making arrests with it.
Edmonton Police are testing AI body cameras to identify high-risk individuals on a watch list of 6,341 people.
The pilot project, conducted by Axon, aims to enhance officer safety and is set to run through December 2023.
Concerns have been raised about privacy, accuracy, and the lack of public debate before the pilot's launch.
Axon claims the technology has improved and is now ready for real-world testing, but acknowledges potential biases.
The Edmonton pilot is limited to daylight hours and involves 50 officers who won't know if the AI makes a match.
- Who
- Edmonton Police Service and Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- What
- Testing AI body cameras to identify high-risk individuals
- When
- Pilot started last week, continuing through December 2023
- Where
- Edmonton, Canada
- Why
- To enhance officer safety and improve policing
- Location
- Edmonton, Canada
- Pilot Duration
- Through the end of December 2023
- High-Risk Watch List
- 6,341 people
- Criminal Warrant Watch List
- 724 people
- Number of Officers
- 50
- Company
- Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- AI Software
- Draft One AI
- Regulatory Body
- Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner