Edmonton police Canada-first AI facial-recognition bodycam pilot (Axon + Corsight AI)
Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/budgets/_archive/eps-axon-corsight-ai-bodycam-pilot/eps-axon-corsight-ai-bodycam-pilot.pdf.
Note: primary CBC URLs return HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content captured from search-result summaries + Biometric Update corroboration.
- EPS became "the first police force in the world" to trial Axon Enterprise facial-recognition-enabled bodycams.
- Pilot ran December 2025; "up to 50 police officers equipped with facial recognition-enabled body cameras for the month of December 2025."
- Facial recognition model supplied by Corsight AI (Israeli company): "Corsight AI is the vendor that Axon has partnered with for the [proof of concept], their model will be doing the initial comparison of faces."
- Watch list of "6,341 flagged individuals" (violent/assaultive, armed and dangerous, weapons offenses, escape risk, high-risk offender).
- Dec. 30, 2025 briefing note requested a 3-week extension due to a "critical fault" outage (no matches for 7 days).
- Commission + chief's committee to review results before deciding future use in 2026.
Cost: NOT disclosed. Reported as a proof-of-concept / pilot (likely vendor-subsidized or low-cost trial). Confidence on any dollar figure: none available. Underlying BWC hardware vendor = Axon (relevant to the $16M BWC program). This ties the $16M bodycam program vendor to Axon.