AI Hallucinations Endanger Policing

When law‑enforcement uses generative AI tools to compile intelligence without mandatory verification steps, model hallucinations can produce false actionable claims that lead to wrongful bans, detentions, or operational errors. Police agencies need explicit protocols, provenance logs, and human‑in‑the‑loop safeguards before trusting AI outputs for operational decisions. — This raises immediate questions about liability, oversight, standards for evidence, and whether regulators should require auditable provenance and verification for AI‑derived intelligence used by public safety agencies.