How AI is helping police tackle digital evidence overload

About this episode

This episode discusses how AI can assist police in managing the increasing volume of digital evidence while ensuring human oversight.

As agencies face an unprecedented surge in digital evidence — from body-worn cameras and surveillance systems to cell phones and social media — the question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to use it responsibly. In this episode of Policing Matters, host Jim Dudley explores how AI can help investigators manage evidence at scale, streamline time-consuming processes and improve case outcomes while keeping decision-making firmly in human hands. Dudley is joined by Kelly Inabnett, a former sex crimes and human trafficking detective with the Antioch Police Department, and Jon Gacek, senior vice president and general manager of Veritone’s public sector business unit. Drawing on investigative and technology perspectives, they break down how evidence volume has evolved over the past two decades, where investigators are losing time, and how AI can assist with tasks like video analysis, data organization, redaction and case linkage — without compromising accuracy, oversight or trust. About our guests Jon Gacek is currently SVP and General Manager of Veritone’s Public Sector business unit since 2018.Prior to joining to Veritone, Gacek served numerous executive roles including…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Dudley

Guests: Kelly Inabnett, Jon Gacek

Topics covered

• AI in policing
• digital evidence management
• investigative technology
• case outcomes
• evidence volume
• video analysis
• data organization

Keywords

• AI
• digital evidence
• police technology
• case management
• video analysis
• data redaction
• evidence organization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Antioch Police Department, Veritone, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Quantum, Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC)

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