to preserve evidence and secure the crime scene while awaiting law enforcementin areas with nonnative speakers chatgpt can help overcome language barriers by providing realtime translation services facilitating effective communication between emergency services and individuals who struggle with the local language for instance on narrating a phone snatching incident to chatgpt it could not only suggest sections from indian penal code that were applicable but could also compose a complaint to the police commissioner for investigation it did not stop at just that but went ahead and asked for extra patrolling and cctv coverage in the same letter it could also compose the same letter in hindi and teluguin a multilingual country like india services like the dial 100 and other emergency sos services can be augmented by chatgpt allowing the model to interact with citizens identify the required intervention and activate the appropriate institutional response a future can be imagined where people interact only with a chatgpt enabled bot and the whole process of approaching the police and filing an fir is automated this would enable release of a lot of police manpower currently stuck in supportive functions for core policing workthe integration of chatgpt into policing has global implications by leveraging its capabilities law enforcement agencies around the world can enhance public safety prevent crimes and foster trust with the communities they serve however the ethical considerations of data privacy bias mitigation transparency and human oversight must be at the forefront of ai implementation issues related to challenges posed by chatgpt merit a separate discussion and would be covered in a separate piece only by embracing the potential of chatgpt while upholding ethical principles countries like india and others can navigate this transformative technology responsiblythe author is dcp zone1 bhopal police commissionerate