As Seen on KTVB: How Nampa PD Cut Report Time from 2 Hours to 12 Minutes and Kept Prosecutors On Board
KTVB covered Nampa PD's two years with AI report writing: reports down from two hours to 12 minutes, with officers reviewing every line.
Watch the full segment above, or read KTVB's coverage.
This week, KTVB in Idaho aired a segment on how the Nampa Police Department uses AI to draft police reports. Nampa has been on Policereports.ai for almost two years, and the department did not hold back on the results. According to Lt. Jason Kimball, a report that used to take an officer around two hours now takes about 12 minutes.
That number is the headline. But the more important part of the segment is the question the reporter asked next, because it is the same question every chief, sheriff and prosecutor asks us: will an AI-drafted report hold up in court?
Nampa answered it on camera. Here is what they said, and what two years of real use looks like.
The problem: a third of every shift
Before AI, report writing consumed roughly a third of a Nampa officer's workload. Lt. Kimball put it plainly in the segment: officers are now "no longer writing reports for a third of their shift."
That is not unique to Nampa. Across the country, officers spend hours of every shift reconstructing incidents from memory, notes and recordings, then shaping that account into the structure their agency requires. It does not show up as a line item in any budget, which is exactly why it rarely gets fixed.
The results: two years of measured outcomes
Nampa did not start big. In the first month, officers completed 842 reports on the platform and cut report writing time by roughly 80 percent. By month three, they had completed nearly 4,000 documents across patrol and detective work.
Put another way, the hours Nampa recovers every year are the equivalent of roughly three full-time officers back on the street, without a single new hire. For any agency fighting to recruit, that is the fastest staffing increase available.
The court question, answered by the people who face it
The segment raised the concern head on: if AI changes what happened, that becomes a problem in court. Nampa took that seriously from day one. The department and the prosecutor's office worked through it together before the decision to adopt was made.
Their answer rests on three things, and they are the same three things we designed the platform around.
1. The officer's account is the source. As our CPO Chris Ryan explains in the segment, the system works from the officer's own dictation. Officers speak their recollection of the incident into their phone, and the platform structures it into a draft. The facts come from the officer, not from software guessing at what happened.
2. It is a draft, never a finished report. Lt. Kimball was clear on this point. The AI produces a draft. The report is still the officer's.
3. Every line gets reviewed. Nampa relies on its officers to go through every line, every word and every sentence and confirm it matches what they recall. The officer remains the author of record and signs for it.
That workflow is what makes an AI-assisted report defensible. The officer's role shifts from typing to verifying, and verification is exactly what a prosecutor and a court need to see.
Beyond patrol reports
Report writing is where most agencies start, but it is not where Nampa stopped. Detectives and patrol use modules including Case File Summarization, Jail Call Analysis and Arrest Affidavit Narratives. Time recovered from documentation goes straight into interviews, follow-ups and evidence review.
Nampa is also no longer alone in Idaho. Other agencies, such as the Idaho Attorney General's Office, City of Payette Police Department and Bonners Ferry Police Department have all joined the platform.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AI add facts the officer did not provide?
The platform structures what the officer supplies through dictation, notes or recordings. Officers are expected to review the full draft and remove or correct anything that does not match their recollection before signing.
How long does it take to see results?
Weeks, not months. Nampa completed 842 reports in its first month and saw roughly 80 percent time savings right away.
See what your agency would recover
Every agency's numbers are different, but the pattern holds across departments of every size. Run your own figures with our free savings calculator, or book a 30-minute walkthrough with a former officer.
Thank you to the Nampa Police Department and to KTVB for telling this story.
Press inquiries: press@policereports.ai
