The Phoenix Police Department has begun a 90-day trial of software that uses body-worn camera audio to produce first drafts of police reports, testing the system in three department units through Dec. 31, 2026. The pilot uses Axon DraftOne in the Patrol Bureau at the Mountain View Precinct, the Family Investigations Bureau and the Assaults Unit within the Mountain View Precinct’s Violent Crimes Bureau. City Councilwoman Ann O’Brien, who chairs the Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee, pushed for the test as the department faces officer vacancies. O’Brien said reducing time spent on paperwork could allow officers to answer more calls and spend more time in neighborhoods. She has said report writing can take hours, but the pilot is intended to gather data before any decision about wider use. The software generates a draft narrative from a transcription of body-camera audio. According to O’Brien, officers must review and correct the draft, then sign an attestation confirming it accurately describes events before it can be entered into the department’s records system. The footage is uploaded in encrypted form after the camera is turned off. O’Brien also said each draft contains an intentional error that officers must identify before signing, a measure intended to prevent them from approving reports without checking them. The pilot information provided did not specify how the error is selected or how its use will be independently evaluated. The department plans to assess measures including report-writing time, response times, calls answered, overtime, arrests and body-camera activation rates for patrol. For investigative units, it will track report-writing time, case-management and call-out overtime, and case dispositions. After the trial concludes, the department will review the results and decide whether to extend the test or consider broader use. Any expansion would put added importance on how accurately officers can verify AI-generated drafts and how transparently the department reports the pilot’s results.