Artificial Intelligence for Policing

                          Miriam Fernandez

          Knowledge Media Institute, Open University (UK)



Abstract. In this talk we provide an overview of how Artificial In-
telligence and technology development can contribute to existing polic-
ing practices. In particular, we will discuss three different projects con-
ducted in the context of the Centre of Policing Research and Learning
of the Open University (http://centre-for-policing.open.ac.uk). The first
project, policing engagement via social media, provides an overview of
how police forces in the UK make use of social media to communicate
with the public, and what attracts citizens to engage with social media
policing content. The second project, detecting grooming behaviour on
social media, describes the problem of child grooming online, and our pro-
posed approach to automatically identify the different stages of grooming
behaviour from online content. The third project, radicalisation detec-
tion on social media targets the problem of online radicalisation, where
individuals are introduced to extreme views, primarily through the use
of social media. Within this context our work focuses on the detection
of pro-ISIS stances and on the understanding of the processes that in-
fluence the adoption of radicalised behaviour. This talk will explore the
opportunities and limitations of using AI techniques, and particularly
social media analysis methods, to introduce change within the policing
landscape, with a greater emphasis on evidence-based practice.