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Victory! #California Requires #Transparency for #AI Police Reports

California #GovernorNewsom has signed S.B. 524, a bill that begins the long process of regulating and imposing transparency on the growing problem of AI-written police reports.

S.B.524 requires police to disclose, on the report, if it was used to fully or in part author a police report. Further, it bans vendors from selling or sharing the information a #police agency provided to the AI.
#sb524

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/victory-california-requires-transparency-ai-police-reports

Victory! California Requires Transparency for AI Police Reports

California Governor Newsom has signed SB 524, making California the second state to take an important first step toward regulating AI police reports.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

PrivacyDigest Sep 17, 2025

#California , Tell #GovernorNewsom : Regulate #AI #Police Reports and Sign S.B. 524
#sb524 #artificialintelligence

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/california-tell-governor-newsom-regulate-ai-police-reports-and-sign-sb-524

California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign S.B. 524

Californians should urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign S.B. 524: a common-sense bill that takes important first-step reforms to regulate police reports written by generative AI. This is crucial, as watchdogs struggle to figure out where and how AI is being used in a police context. S.B. 524 does several important things: mandates that police reports written by AI include disclaimers on every page or within the body of the text that make it clear that this report was written in part or in total by a computer, requires reports written by AI must retain their first draft, and requires officers to sign and verify that they read the report and its facts are correct. It also bans AI vendors from selling or sharing the information a police agency provided to the AI.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

JWM (Joe No Se)Sep 17, 2025

Californians: please take action and urge Newsom to sign #SB524 which would properly regulate AI-generated police reports.

https://eff.salsalabs.org/sb524signature/index.html

Tell Gov. Newsom to Rein AI Police Reports

Electronic Frontier Foundation

PrivacyDigest Sep 5, 2025

#California Lawmakers: Support S.B. 524 to Rein in #AI Written #Police Reports
#artificialintelligence #sb524

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/california-lamakers-support-sb-524-rein-ai-written-police-reports

California Lawmakers: Support S.B. 524 to Rein in AI Written Police Reports

EFF urges California state lawmakers to pass S.B. 524, authored by Sen. Jesse Arreguín. This bill is an important first step in regaining control over police using generative AI to write their narrative police reports. This bill does several important things: It mandates that police reports written...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Better Caltrain Alerts Apr 25, 2023

11:16 AM: Train #SB524 is roughly back on schedule

Better Caltrain Alerts Apr 25, 2023

11:14 AM: Train #SB524 is running ~3 minutes late. It is 3.2mi behind where it should be at this time (tweets every 5 minutes - 1 min updates@ https://caltrain.live). Train is at Hillsdale station.

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Better Caltrain Alerts Apr 25, 2023

11:01 AM: Train #SB524 is roughly back on schedule

Better Caltrain Alerts Apr 25, 2023

10:58 AM: Train #SB524 is running ~3 minutes late. It is 3.8mi behind where it should be at this time (tweets every 5 minutes - 1 min updates@ https://caltrain.live). Train is between South SF and Bayshore.

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Better Caltrain Alerts Apr 25, 2023

10:52 AM: Train #SB524 is roughly back on schedule

Better Caltrain Alerts Apr 25, 2023

10:50 AM: Train #SB524 is running ~5 minutes late. It is 3.9mi behind where it should be at this time (tweets every 5 minutes - 1 min updates@ https://caltrain.live). Train is at 22nd Street station.

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