AI in Law Enforcement: High-Risk Under the EU AI Act (Annex III)
AI in policing can decide who gets watched, stopped or believed. Annex III point 6 makes these uses high risk, and Article 5 bans the most dangerous ones outright.
What Annex III(6) covers
- Assessing the risk of a person becoming a crime victim
- Polygraphs and similar tools
- Evaluating the reliability of evidence
- Assessing the risk of offending or reoffending; profiling
Who’s affected
Police and law-enforcement authorities and the vendors supplying them. Some predictive-policing uses that assess the risk of an individual offending based solely on profiling are prohibited under Art. 5.
Why it’s high risk
High risk under Annex III(6) where not prohibited. Human oversight (Art. 14) and evidence-grade record-keeping (Art. 12) carry particular weight given the impact on liberty.
Obligations to prepare for
FAQ
Is predictive policing banned or high-risk?
Predicting an individual's risk of committing a crime based solely on profiling or personality traits is prohibited under Art. 5. Broader risk-assessment and profiling tools in law enforcement are high-risk under Annex III(6).
Being high-risk sets the obligations; your role decides who owns them. See provider vs deployer duties.
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