Over the next decade, policing will fundamentally shift toward more investigative, nuanced, technology- and AI-driven work, requiring officers to change their skill sets and mindset.
Colonel Glover predicts that technology and AI will reshape policing over the next 10 years, pushing officers away from traditional tactics toward investigative and technical skills like analyzing AI-related fraud. ✦ AI generated
Colonel Glover · a16z Podcast · 2026-05-18 · original ↗
starts at this moment · 9:45
“Colonel Glover, any final words that you want to share for the people that want to work with law enforcement, work with public safety officials? What's the best way to partner and work with you?”
most of the cops out on the in the field are going to have to change the way their skill set is shaped because it's going to be a little bit more investigative. It's going to be a little bit more nuanced... it's not going to look the same anymore 10 years from now.
verbatim transcript · starts at 9:45
9:27Colonel Glover, any final words that you want to share for uh the people on that want to work with law enforcement, work with public safety officials? What's the best way to to partner and work with you? Well, it back to Rose's point. It's It's really is jump in. I mean, jump in, really engage, connect. Um you know, you're going to find that there's a lot of law enforcement leaders that are
9:45looking to figure out the best ways of implementation and trying to get ahead of the curve with technology. We know that it's one of the It's going to be something that's going to really dominate this profession over the next 10 years is that we're going to see such a shift and change that most of the cops out on the in the field are going to have to change
10:05the way their skill set is shaped because it's going to be a little bit more investigative. It's going to be a little bit more nuanced. Um you're going to have to have a different frame uh work of being able to work with in terms of your mindset because it's not going to look the same anymore 10 years from now. Um it It's It may not be about, you
10:23know, um kicking in doors and and other things. It's going to be looking at the the technical aspects of, you know, this video you just received and looking at AI and and certain things that are going to come up from a fraud standpoint as well. And so, you're It's going to be very nuanced in that way. And so, the It's They're They're every leader is looking at how do we make this
10:44adjustment? How do we become a little bit more flexible and adaptable to what's going to be the need? Awesome. Well, thank you both, gentlemen. Appreciate the work you do uh out in the field uh as technologists and thanks for being with us here today. Thank you. Thank you. >> [music]