Driverless police cars could enforce laws by AI Toronto Star

But the application also shows how an autonomous police vehicle could be able to carry out many tasks we associate with human officers. In one scenario, a surveillance camera or roadside sensor documents a speeding vehicle. A signal is relayed through a "central computing system" to the autonomous police vehicle, which is tasked with pursuing the vehicle, tracking its location and capturing video that can be used to analyze the fleeing vehicle's movement. In another, the police vehicle analyzes traffic patterns using machine learning -- a type of artificial intelligence that gives computers the ability to learn without being programmed -- to determine ideal spots for catching traffic violators. Once a hiding spot has been located, the vehicle uses sensors such as lasers, cameras or some combination thereof to monitor traffic in the most efficient way possible, according to the patent.