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Former staff and facilitator of Axon’s independent AI Ethics Board; now an outside critic
In early December 2025, the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) and U.S. vendor Axon activated a month‑long “proof of concept” in which AI-enabled body‑worn cameras scan the faces of people officers encounter against a “high‑risk” watch list of 6,341 individuals with safety flags and a separate list of 724 people wanted on serious warrants. Axon, which in 2019 publicly promised not to put facial recognition on its body cameras after advice from its independent AI Ethics Board, now frames the project as “early‑stage field research” outside the United States that will inform potential future deployments in North America.
Updated Dec 11, 2025
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