{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-14T10:54:09.669Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"england","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":1},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-derbyshire-police-senior-detective-gross-misconduct-investigation-over-ai-use","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Derbyshire Constabulary made a voluntary conduct referral to us on 23 June following an internal review of an officer's use of artificial intelligence and concerns it was not in line with guidance and conditions issued by the force.'; 'The organisation added it had decided the matter warranted an investigation.'; 'The officer in question has been served notice that they are under investigation for alleged gross misconduct.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The IOPC said Derbyshire Constabulary made a voluntary conduct referral on 23 June following an internal review of an officer's use of artificial intelligence and concerns it was not in line with force guidance, decided the matter warranted an investigation, and served the officer notice of an investigation for alleged gross misconduct.","causal_attribution":"The watchdog's own statement as quoted by the BBC."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the case involved a detective chief inspector at the force alleged to have used AI to maintain'; 'they can be disclosed for defence lawyers to scrutinise during court cases'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A person familiar with events told the Financial Times that the case involved a detective chief inspector alleged to have used AI to maintain decision logs, which can be disclosed to defence lawyers during court cases.","causal_attribution":"An unnamed person's account to the FT, relayed by the BBC."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In June, the force started an unrelated criminal investigation into another detective'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The BBC describes the case as unrelated to the June criminal investigation into another Derbyshire officer accused of using AI systems to create evidential material.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's description; it separates the two events."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On Thursday, the IOPC said it was alleged the officer used AI to \"create policy decisions, assess and manage risk, justify decision-making, and input sensitive operational and personal case data\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The IOPC said on 22 October 2026 that it is alleged the officer used AI to create policy decisions, assess and manage risk, justify decision-making, and input sensitive operational and personal case data.","causal_attribution":"The IOPC's statement of the allegations, as quoted by the BBC; untested."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'We understand Derbyshire Constabulary authorised the use of Microsoft Copilot for officers in May 2025' ... 'There were conditions on its use, including that no operational, sensitive or personal data should be inputted to AI.' ... 'Our investigation will analyse the officer's use of Copilot between May last year and June this year'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The IOPC said Derbyshire Constabulary authorised Microsoft Copilot for officers in May 2025 on condition that no operational, sensitive or personal data was entered, and that its investigation will analyse the officer's Copilot use between May 2025 and June 2026.","causal_attribution":"The IOPC director of engagement, as quoted by the BBC."}],"effects":[{"label":"officer served notice of a gross misconduct investigation over AI use","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"IOPC sets out gross misconduct allegations over AI use in decisions and the entry of case data","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vgq5mgz2mo","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200; datePublished 2026-08-10). Quotes the IOPC and Derbyshire Police directly and relays the Financial Times for the decision-log detail.","independence_group":"iopc-and-force-statements"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x2873gz6yeo","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-24 (HTTP 200; datePublished 2026-10-22). Quotes the IOPC statement of Thursday 22 October 2026.","independence_group":"iopc-and-force-statements"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["work","justice"],"unknowns":["What Copilot produced and whether any policy decision, risk assessment or decision-log entry was inaccurate.","Whether sensitive or personal case data was in fact entered, and about whom.","Whether any case or person was affected.","The outcome of the IOPC investigation."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: an internal review and conduct referral by Derbyshire Constabulary, an English force, and an IOPC investigation. Affected person: a serving Derbyshire officer. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported consequential-response case on the IOPC's own statements: Derbyshire Constabulary referred a senior detective after an internal review of the officer's AI use, the officer was served notice of a gross misconduct investigation, and on 22 October 2026 the IOPC set out allegations of using AI (the force-authorised Microsoft Copilot) for policy decisions, risk assessment and the entry of sensitive case data. The allegations are untested and the officer is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The harm is an institutional response to the officer's own use of AI: the IOPC says the force referred the officer after an internal review of the officer's use of artificial intelligence, and on 22 October 2026 it said the officer is alleged to have used AI to create policy decisions, assess and manage risk, justify decision-making and input sensitive operational and personal case data, in breach of the conditions on the force's authorised Microsoft Copilot; its investigation will analyse the officer's Copilot use. No AI output reaching a decision about a described person is reported, so the relation is unknown under the consequential-response exemption.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Derbyshire Police refer a senior detective to the police watchdog, which opens a gross misconduct investigation into the officer's use of AI","summary":"The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said, as reported by the BBC on 10 August 2026, that Derbyshire Constabulary had made a voluntary conduct referral on 23 June 2026, following an internal review of an officer's use of artificial intelligence and concerns that it was not in line with guidance and conditions issued by the force, and that the senior detective had been served notice of an investigation for alleged gross misconduct. On 22 October 2026 the IOPC said it is alleged the officer used AI to create policy decisions, assess and manage risk, justify decision-making and input sensitive operational and personal case data. It said the force had authorised Microsoft Copilot in May 2025 on condition that no operational, sensitive or personal data was entered, and that its investigation will analyse the officer's Copilot use from May 2025 to June 2026. The allegations are untested.","incidentDate":"2026-06-23","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-10","aiSystem":"Microsoft Copilot, which the IOPC says the force authorised for officers in May 2025 and whose use by the officer between May 2025 and June 2026 its investigation will analyse","aiProduct":"Microsoft Copilot (reported)","aiCompany":"Microsoft","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A senior detective was referred to the police watchdog after an internal review of the officer's AI use, and was served notice of an investigation for alleged gross misconduct.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the officer whose use of AI the force reviewed and who was served notice of the gross misconduct investigation (claim c1). The IOPC describes the officer's AI use as a fact under review, so the officer is counted as the direct AI user. No other person is reported as affected.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vgq5mgz2mo","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News, 10 August 2026: Senior Derbyshire detective under investigation over use of AI","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-14T03:15:35.140679+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:13:25.077399+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["consequential-response","police","misconduct-investigation","derbyshire","england","microsoft-copilot"]}]}