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· Sacramento, CA

California requires disclosure of AI police reports

On October 10, 2025 California’s governor signed Senate Bill 524, which requires police officers to disclose when generative AI tools such as Axon’s Draft One were used to write a report. The disclosure must appear at the bottom of each page of the report. Departments must preserve audit trails, including the original AI-generated draft and the body-camera footage or audio that informed it, so that judges, defense attorneys and auditors can see which portions were written by the officer and which by the software. The law bars vendors from selling or sharing the information agencies provide to the AI. It took effect January 1, 2026. By design, Draft One does not retain an edit log showing who wrote what.

Also in Sacramento, CA

2 entries over 1 yr 3 mo, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

  1. Sacramento Police Department Found Sharing ALPR Data with Out-of-State Agencies
  2. +1 yr 3 moCalifornia requires disclosure of AI police reports this entry

Sources

  1. New state law requires additional safeguards when police use generative AI — KVPR, Oct 24, 2025 (kvpr.org)
  2. Governor Signs Bill Requiring Law Enforcement to Disclose Use of AI in Police Reports — Office of Senator Jesse Arreguín (sd07.senate.ca.gov)
  3. Victory! California Requires Transparency for AI Police Reports — Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
  4. Calif. passes transparency requirements for police use of generative AI report writing — Police1 (police1.com)

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