Future Policing

Laura Huey is a Professor of Sociology at Western University, Editor of Police Practice & Research, Editor of Evidence Base, alumnus of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), and a member of the Canadian Council of Academies’ expert panels on Cybercrime and Policing. Her current research focuses on public order policing, critical incident response, police downloading, policing and mental health and missing persons.Lorna Ferguson is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Regina, the Founder of the Missing Persons Research Hub, and the Senior Managing Editor for Evidence Base. Dr. Ferguson’s specialization is police responses to missing persons. Her broader research program extends to related areas of policing, including incident command, evidence-based policing, technology and innovation, police data and intelligence, cybercrime, responses involving persons with mental illness, and police reform.Ian T. Adams is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina, where he is a 2025 McCausland Faculty Fellow in recognition of excellence in research and teaching. He has been involved in law enforcement and policing for over 20 years as an officer, a labour executive, and a scholar. Dr. Adams’ research addresses practical police concerns, focusing on technology, policy, and behaviour. He is a leading academic voice in the ongoing development of evidence-based practices in policing.

• 1 The Future Is Now: An Introduction 2 The Algorithmic Beat: Navigating the Double-Edged Sword of AI in Modern Policing 3 Robot Cops on Patrol: Police Officers’ Views of Humanoid Robots in Operational Policing 4 AI in Policing: A Systematic Review of AI Use in the US Law Enforcement 5 Data Integration Across Agencies to Enhance the Safety of Persons Living with Dementia 6 Quantum Leap: Strategic and Ethical Dimensions of Next Generation Technologies in Law Enforcement 7 “We are Not Ready for That”: Police Views on the Use of Generative AI to Create Public Security Threats 8 Cybercrime and Cybersecurity 9 The Future of Police Performance Evaluation: Bridging Neuroscience and Policing Through EEG 10 Laplace’s Officer: The Future of Predictive Policing 11 Artificial Intelligence and Suspect Identification 12 “The RCMP Trained Killer Horses”: Misinformation in Public Policing 13 The Enemy Within—Police Counterintelligence and Insider Prevention 14 AI in Policing: Capturing Police Performance (Good and Bad) in Routine, Rare, and Novel Events 15 The Heart of the Matter: Integrating Physiological Stress Measurement in High-Intensity Virtual Reality Police Scenario Simulations 16 About Face: Why the Police May Have Fewer Surveillance Cameras in the Future 17 Co-Creation in Predictive Policing: Cross-Stakeholder Collaboration and Community Engagement 18 Large Language Model Technologies in Policing: Early Lessons in Artificial Intelligence from Research and Practice 19 The End of Cold Cases—and Genealogists? A Primer on the Future of Investigative Genetic Genealogy Cases 20 Facial Recognition Technology in US Policing: Crime Control, Officer Safety, and Racial Equity Implications