Chandigarh: Haryana Police is set to institutionalise artificial intelligence (AI) in policing, with an IPS-led AI Task Force driving technology-based investigations, particularly in cybercrime and financial fraud.The initiative comes amid the growing use of technology by criminals and increasing volumes of digital evidence, banking transactions, mobile records and online activity that investigators have to analyse.DGP Ajay Singhal said AI would help police analyse large datasets faster, identify critical leads, and ensure accurate investigations, while retaining human judgement at the core of policing.“We can look at AI not merely as a new technology, but as an important tool for strengthening policing in the future,” Singhal said, stressing that AI would augment, not replace, the experience and expertise of police officers.The proposed task force will identify areas where AI can be deployed, implement solutions in existing police systems and build technological capabilities among personnel.One of the key applications under development is AI-assisted Financial Trail Analysis, aimed at helping cybercrime investigators map suspicious transactions, detect patterns, trace the possible flow of funds, and establish links between accounts and activities.SP (Cyber) Mayank Gupta said manual examination of huge volumes of financial and digital records was time-consuming. AI-assisted preliminary analysis could significantly reduce the time required to sift through data, allowing investigators to focus on verification, interrogation and other human-led aspects of probes.Haryana Police is also developing an in-house Grievance Management System and a Court Returns Portal using AI-based technologies. The systems are intended to streamline complaint handling, court-related information, data processing, and follow-up action.The task force is expected to explore wider applications of AI in digital evidence analysis, document processing, crime-pattern detection, and data analytics.The move marks a shift towards data-driven and intelligence-led policing, with the police aiming to move from “data to insight” and “insight to action” while ensuring technology remains subject to human oversight and accountability.
