Redmond Police implement AI technology to improve case-solving speed

The Redmond Police Department (RPD) has implemented a new crime-solving technique leveraging artificial intelligence to solve active cases.

The department is using Longeye, an AI tool, to aid in its investigative process by analyzing records and evidence collected throughout a case, according to KING 5.

As each crime is committed, piles of evidence are recorded across various forms, including surveillance footage, phone records, and interviews. The new AI tool can help shorten the time investigators spend solving each case.

“Longeye is an investigative, I call it an investigative support tool,” Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe told KING 5. “It’s an AI-driven platform where investigators are able to upload digital information. It processes the information and provides, I’ll call it insights, to the investigators or reference points.”

AI tool assists Redmond PD in analyzing hours of evidence

Lowe claimed the new AI tool has already benefited the department by sifting through 60 hours of jail phone records from a cold case and revealed a confession within minutes.

“Investigators had questions around whether there were one or two bullets fired. In one of those phone calls, the suspect confessed to firing two shots and hiding the shell casing underneath a deck,” Lowe said. “That’s a week and a half of an investigator’s time, and that would be full-time.”

Longeye officials stated that the software was designed to shorten the length of an investigation, but not replace the investigators entirely. The software prioritizes data files by relevance in each case, guiding investigators toward the most vital information.

“It’s a tool for a good investigator to move faster and be more thorough through these big, heavy data sets,” Longeye’s co-founder and CEO, Guillaume Delépine, told KING 5. “The truth is in the data somewhere, right? It just makes better investigations, better trials. It’s good for everyone.”

Chief Lowe assured that the AI tool will not replace officers or investigators. The Longeye software is solely being used to strengthen the department’s ability to solve crimes and move on to other active cases.

“AI will not replace the need for actual officers or investigators,” Lowe said. “But it will enhance their effectiveness.”

The department noted that Longeye will not create or predict information in a case. Detectives are guided towards evidence that has already been collected, not fabricated.

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