The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee
will next week be quizzing police officials,
as it continues its inquiry into new technologies and
the application of the law.
The committee will explore topics such as who should be held
accountable for the misuse or failure of technology, the
legality of technologies being used, and
trust in technologies built on police data amongst
communities known to be particularly affected by police
bias.
The session will take place on Tuesday 23 November
at 11.30 AM and can be followed
on Parliament TV.
Giving evidence will be:
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Professor Paul Taylor, Chief Scientific
Advisor, National Police Chiefs’ Council
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The Rt Hon JP, Police
and Crime Commissioner for South Wales
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, Police and
Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
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David Tucker, Faculty Lead on Crime and
Criminal Justice, College of Policing
Questions the committee is likely to ask include:
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Who should be held accountable for the misuse or failure of
technology, and through what mechanisms?
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How could a police force be confident in the scope,
proportionality, and legality of the technology they are
using?
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Technology used by a police force should be robust and valid.
What technological standards would ensure this? At what point
of the procurement to deployment process would new quality
standards be most helpful?
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Some algorithms trialled by police forces are described as
having a high false positive rate. What standards are
recommend in terms of the validity of such tools?
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Some communities are known to be particularly affected by
police bias. How can they trust technological tools built on
police data? What work is underway to build
and maintain trust with every community?
