Spokane County is seeking the use of an artificial intelligence system that would triage non-emergent Crime Check calls to help dispatchers, Spokane Regional Emergency Communications announced Tuesday.

“Anything that is going to make us more efficient, a little more accurate and keep lines open is probably worth the investment,” Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said.

The system is headed by Prepared AI in partnership with Axon, the company that manufactures police body cameras, in an effort to reduce the amount of calls dispatchers must take at any given time. The model is starting to make waves in dispatch agencies across the country, such as in Baltimore, according to Axon’s website.

Prepared AI launched in 2021 and is expected to be implemented in Spokane County at the end of the y

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