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Commission and APD plan joint training and transparency sessions; chief outlines video and AI tools
Summary
Commissioners and APD agreed to coordinate training opportunities (including simulated use‑of‑force exercises) and to hold a transparency meeting April 17. APD described video‑analysis tools (Axon Investigate, Trulio) and said body‑worn camera review will be part of oversight work.
Commissioners and Ann Arbor Police Department staff discussed training, transparency meetings and technical tools for reviewing body-worn camera footage.
Sergeant King described simulation and judgmental training programs—he referenced Milo (a virtual reality decision-training platform) and force‑on‑force exercises that oversight members and community participants have sometimes been invited to observe. "... departments across the country have even involved their oversight committees or various, citizen groups to come out and participate in, like, force on force training with simunition rounds," he said, adding that participation can be "very eye opening." The commission asked the department to organize opportunities for commissioners to observe or participate.
Chief Anderson outlined technical work around video evidence and said the department uses Axon Investigate and is considering tools (referred to in the meeting as “Trulio”) that can tag or label footage for use-of-force or other incident types. The chief explained that different video sources record at different frame rates and that playback speed and frame rates can affect what a viewer perceives; he said specialized tools can help recover accurate timing and assist reviewers in assessing an incident.
The commission set a transparency meeting for Thursday, April 17 at 1:30 p.m. in the police department’s detective bureau conference room; APD staff said the meeting is intended primarily for the commission’s information managers because discussion will include sensitive materials, though commissioners may be invited as appropriate. APD also said training sergeants will attend so real‑time training questions can be answered.
No formal vote was taken. Commissioners asked APD to circulate dates for training and to provide a clear process for commissioners to view training materials and body‑worn camera footage under existing rules.
