AI misuse by police officers & staff 583/2026

FOI Reference: 583/2026

Request 1 - 5:

1. How many police officers or police staff have had disciplinary proceedings taken against them by your Professional Standards Department (PSD) for misusing AI / Artificial Intelligence for their work between January 2023 and 31st May 2026? Please break it down by year.
2. How many of these cases were upheld?
3. Of those officers and staff who had disciplinary proceedings against them upheld, what was the nature of the allegations?
4. Of those officers and staff who had disciplinary proceedings against them upheld, what platform did they use e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot, Claude, Google Gemini, Google Pinpoint, Perplexity AI, Grok or any others?
5. Of those officers and staff who had disciplinary proceedings against them upheld, what was the sanction?

Response 1:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that there has been zero (0) police officers or police staff that have had disciplinary proceedings taken against them by Professional Standards Department (PSD) for misusing AI / Artificial Intelligence for their work between January 2023 and 31st May 2026.

Response 2 - 5:

A response to questions 2 – 5 is not applicable, based on the response provided for question 1.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 19/06/2026)