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Garfield County commissioners direct staff to form AI working group after overview of benefits, risks
Summary
At a May 6 work session Garfield County staff reviewed uses, benefits and risks of artificial intelligence and commissioners asked staff to assemble a working group to inventory county AI use and draft a policy informed by legal requirements and national guidance.
At a May 6 Garfield County Board of Commissioners work session, county staff presented an overview of artificial intelligence and the board directed staff to convene a working group to inventory how employees use AI and to draft a county policy addressing risks such as privacy, bias and legal compliance.
The presentation, led by Gary (county staff), covered types of AI, common uses and potential county applications. Heather (legal staff) flagged state law and recent bills as a key constraint for county policy. Commissioners and other participants described current, informal uses inside county offices — including the sheriff's office, which uses AI to generate initial case-report drafts from body‑camera audio — and emphasized the need for guardrails before broader adoption.
Gary, a Garfield County staff member who led the presentation, said the session was an introduction and cautioned that the county was at “a toe in the water” stage. He described narrow AI (voice…
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