National Police Agency
AI screening of criminal recruitment posts
Japanese police issued 6,829 warnings after AI screened recruitment posts
Problem
Police needed to find criminal recruitment posts on social media.
Approach
The agency built AI screening in February 2024. Individual warnings began in April, after staff reviewed selected posts.
Results
6,829individual warnings issued in 2025, according to the agency
Takeaway
The warning count measured activity, not crimes prevented.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Public sector
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
[1]National Police AgencyMar 2026
The agency described AI-assisted screening and human review. It reported 6,829 warnings during 2025.
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Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026