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Police chatbots could free up equivalent of 3,000 police officers

Summary by The Times

The Home Office says the use of AI to handle non-urgent queries will cover six million policing hours each year.

The Home Office says the use of AI to handle non-urgent queries will cover six million policing hours each year

1 day ago·United Kingdom

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The Times broke the news in United Kingdom 1 day ago on Monday, January 26, 2026.

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The Home Office will fund AI tools that free 6 million policing hours annually, including a fivefold increase in live facial recognition vans and chatbot deployment.