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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by hiddencost on Saturday June 13, 2026 @11:14PM (#48523841)
... Police in the united states have more than a century of flagrant misconduct under their belts. They protect their own, they almost never face consequences for killing people, they are frequently corrupt, they are frequently biased.

Here's a couple fun examples:

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-06-05/boston-law-enforc...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/la-is-investigating...

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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by dofm on Saturday June 13, 2026 @11:43PM (#48523988)
To be fair, this is Derbyshire in England. They are often a bit overkeen but they are not exactly Homan Square.

I think there have been less than two dozen police involved killings in the whole of the UK in the last six years, and that's in a population of seventy million people.

It's about 2% of the equivalent US figure (which averages 800 per year in 340 million people)

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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by simulator5g on Sunday June 14, 2026 @03:01AM (#48524860)
It doesn't make much difference if you perform similar practices in a different country. UK police are just like American police.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by BellsOnSunday on Sunday June 14, 2026 @04:17AM (#48525268)
Apart from the bit about killing people, for the most part.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by Quarrelsome on Sunday June 14, 2026 @05:23AM (#48525558)
who are exactly the same as the Russki police, right? Bloody hell...
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by Quarrelsome on Sunday June 14, 2026 @05:24AM (#48525562)
This is the UK, our cops don't even carry guns.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by Ylpertnodi on Sunday June 14, 2026 @10:24AM (#48527485)
Quite a few actually do.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by Quarrelsome on Sunday June 14, 2026 @11:03AM (#48527887)
You could have looked it up before commenting. <5% is hardly any sort of "oh quite a few actually do". That rate pretty much halves in Scotland, with N.Ireland being a significant outlier as it has different rules.

UK police are decent at avoiding escalation as opposed to the US where they often _are_ the escalation. In England and Wales 24/25, two people died by being shot by the police. TWO. Ten year average is THREE.

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