Study to use AI to analyze LAPD officers' language during traffic stops

Artificial intelligence will be used by researchers to analyze the language used by LAPD officers during traffic stops in order to assess whether police language sometimes escalates encounters unnecessarily.

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Posted 8/23/2023, 3:12:17 PM