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Michigan Public Policy Survey suggests uncertainty among local officials on AI police surveillance technology

May 12, 2025 The Michigan Daily

Since 2009, the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy has conducted the Michigan Public Policy Survey, a biannual survey of local government leaders across the state. This year’s report, “Mich...

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Michigan Law Enforcement Expands Tech Use, but AI Adoption Remains Uncertain

May 1, 2025 Babl

Michigan’s law enforcement agencies have significantly expanded their use of surveillance technology over the past decade, though uncertainty remains high around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, according to a new report from the Univer...

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Survey: Law enforcement surveillance technology is rapidly progressing, but AI raises concerns

Apr 29, 2025 Michigan Advance

Usage of surveillance technology by law enforcement agencies in Michigan has exploded in the last decade, but a recent survey conducted by the University of Michigan found that as artificial intelligence tools are developed, law enforcement and local...

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Survey: Law enforcement surveillance technology is rapidly progressing, but AI raises concerns

Apr 29, 2025 Yahoo News

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U-M Survey: Michigan Officials Warry Of AI Or Other Predictive Policing Tools

Apr 26, 2025 MITechNews.com

While law enforcement surveillance technology use has boomed, some Michigan officials are wary of adopting newer AI-driven policing tools, according to a University of Michigan survey. The Michigan Public Policy Survey, conducted last spring by U-M’s...

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Police apprehensive about AI as surveillance tech grows, Michigan study shows

Apr 24, 2025 StateScoop

While the use of surveillance technology by local law enforcement agencies across Michigan has increased over the last nine years, many agencies said they were wary of using artificial intelligence tools in policing, according to a survey released We...

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The AI Wave in US Law Enforcement and Legal Systems: Potential, Challenges, and Regulatory Uncertainty

Apr 24, 2025 Forward Pathway

Ah, Michigan. Always a bit of a puzzle, isn’t it? Especially when it comes to embracing the shiny new toys of technology. Your low-key editor is here to tell you that according to a recent survey out of the University of Michigan, local officials in ...

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New MPPS Report: Michigan local government leaders report significant increases in police surveillance technology, uncertainty about AI introduction

Apr 23, 2025

A new MPPS report presents the assessments of Michigan’s local government leaders, local chiefs of police, and county sheriffs on the use and value of a range of law enforcement equipment and technology such as body and dashboard cameras, drones, aut...

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Balancing Tradition and Technology

October 23, 2025

Tristin Smith

Just like the perfect pair of peanut butter and jelly, technology and change go hand in hand with one another. Change is inevitable, and even in the U.P., we must adjust, adapt, and accommodate, especially when it can make our towns safer. From my ow...

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Michigan local government leaders report significant increases in police surveillance technology, uncertainty about AI introduction

April 23, 2025

This report presents the assessments of Michigan’s local government leaders, local chiefs of police, and county sheriffs on the use and value of a range of law enforcement equipment and technology such as body and dashboard cameras, drones, automated...