Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence for Police Training to Advance Discussions about Implicit (Racial) Bias

Capt. Bas Böing
Chief Inspector
National Police Force, Netherlands
Hear results from the Netherlands National Police Force’s 360-degree Virtual Reality training program which immerse participants in reality-based police scenarios, with the intended to prevent ethnic profiling. Winner of the Europol Excellence Award in Innovation in 2023, this training program incorporates Large Language Models (LLM) and voice cloning for training in a number of spoken languages, deep fake and facial augmentation to be effective.
- Examining the VR technology from the participant’s operational choices, possible solutions, impacts, the sense of agency, evaluating the choices/outcomes in the training models
- Identifying the advantages of training with VR, equipment numbers and how many officers can be trained, timelines
- Using Large Language Models (LLM) and voice cloning for training in a number of spoken languages
- Using facial augmentation and “deep fake” technology in models to research implicit bias
- Overcoming barriers to training, reform and where there is resistance
- Discussing the European Union’s stance on combating racial profiling
- Partnering with other police departments, including in Belgium, Germany, Spain and the United States