Code Four alternative, for law enforcement agencies
The Code Four alternative where the officer stays the author
CLIPr turns body-worn camera audio into an AI-assisted first draft the officer reviews, edits and owns.
15-minute fit call. Free 30 to 90 day pilot for up to 50 officers, subject to approval. No credit card required.- CJIS Security Policy-aligned
- SOC 2 compliant architecture
- 6 U.S. patents, CLIPr-stated
- Works across mixed camera fleets
How it works
What happens between the end of shift and the filed report
Four steps. The first one needs nothing but a browser, and the last one is the officer.
Drag and drop the footage
Upload audio or video from the body-worn camera platform you already run. There is no dock to install on day one and no camera to swap out.
Departments choose which video types get processed automatically, so you can start with the report types you care about and widen later.
What it takes to start
A recording and a browser. CLIPr works across mixed fleets, so a department running two or three camera brands does not have to standardize first.
Confirm your exact camera, export format and evidence platform during evaluation.
The clip comes back timestamped and searchable
Every clip returns a timestamped, searchable transcript synced to the video. A Topics Index breaks the call into named topic and subtopic segments, each with its own time range.
Reviewers jump by marked moment instead of scrubbing through the recording.
Questions and answers are indexed as you go
Footage arrives pre-indexed into timestamped Question and Answer cards down the right rail, each carrying its own time range and its own download control.
Search inside the transcript, jump to the current moment, and pull the exchange you need without watching the whole recording again.
CLIPr drafts. The officer reviews, edits and owns it.
CLIPr drafts the report and emails the officer when it is ready for review. The officer reads it against the footage, corrects it, and copies the finished report into the agency's RMS.
A department admin can train CLIPr on the agency's own report format, and a CLIPr dictionary corrects repeated errors so they do not recur on later reports.
The draft is a starting point, not a filing
Output is an AI-assisted first draft, never a finished or filed report. Nothing leaves CLIPr as a completed document, and nothing is submitted without an officer reading it.
Author of record
Who wrote this report should not be a question anyone has to ask
The objections that have actually stopped AI report deployments came from prosecutors and legislatures. This is the part of the workflow that answers them.
How authorship works in CLIPr
The officer reviews, edits and owns the final report.
- The officer is the author of record. CLIPr produces a draft. The officer reads it against the recording, corrects it, and is the person who signs and submits.
- The output is an AI-assisted first draft. It is never a finished or filed report, and it is never described as one.
- The tool assists, it does not decide. AI does not supply observations, sensory detail, training-based inference, legal judgment, probable cause or credibility findings. Those stay with the officer.
- The agency sets the policy. Departments choose which video types are processed automatically, and a department admin trains CLIPr on the agency's own report format.
Several states now require agencies to disclose when AI assisted in drafting a record. California SB 524 and Utah SB 180 are the two worth reading before you write your policy. Bring your prosecutor into the pilot rather than after it.
"This is a game changer. We can finally Protect more and Document less using CLIPr's Generative AI."
Police Officer, Bentonville, ARRun it on your own incidents before you decide anything
CLIPr publishes a reduction in report writing time of up to 50%. Independent research on AI report drafting has not consistently found time savings, so measure it on your own reports during the pilot rather than taking any vendor's number on faith.
Side by side
What is actually different between CLIPr and Code Four
Every Code Four fact below comes from their own published pages or from named news reporting, with the access date attached. Nothing here is inferred, and nothing is characterized.
| What you are comparing |  The drafting layer, on the fleet you already run |  Code Four Labs Corp |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Usage-based, no per-officer license.
| $50 per officer per month, on their homepage and in their ads.
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| Authorship and review | The officer reviews, edits and owns the final report.
| Their published four-step workflow ends at "Officer Review".
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| Cameras and getting started | Drag and drop from the camera platform you already run.
| They market camera and RMS agnosticism.
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| Company record | CLIPr states it holds 6 U.S. patents.
| Founded by George Cheng, reported as 19 years old in Feb 2026.
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| How you try it | Free 30 to 90 day pilot for up to 50 officers.
| Their published route is a demo request.
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| Where each fits | If the question on your desk is who is the author of record, and whether this runs on the cameras and RMS you already have, that is the job CLIPr does. | A broader platform. If you want one system that also searches your RMS, jail calls and phone dumps for investigative leads, that is what they market.They publish a trust center with subprocessors and a DPA summary. |
Code Four's homepage, how-it-works page and trust center, all accessed 2026-08-09, are cited by name rather than linked. News sources: Bangor Daily News, 24 February 2026; The Maine Monitor; Pocatello city agenda packet, 16 April 2026.
Before you book anything
Who this is for, and who it is not for
Read this first and skip the call if it is not a fit.
CLIPr fits when
- Your officers record body-worn or in-car video, and the end of shift goes to the narrative box.
- You want the officer to stay the author of record on every report that gets filed.
- You want to start without a dock, a camera swap or an IT project.
- You buy under a chief's or sheriff's signing authority, or you want to prove value before the next budget cycle.
Probably not your tool when
- You are shopping for a records management system (RMS), computer-aided dispatch (CAD), a digital evidence management system (DEMS) or body-camera hardware. CLIPr is none of those.
- You need a certified transcript. CLIPr does not produce one.
- You need a direct push into your RMS from day one. That depends on the RMS vendor, the API, a security review and a contract, and it is not available by default.
- You want something that files the report without an officer reading it. That is not what this is.
CLIPr states it is actively used by law enforcement agencies across the U.S. Agency size sets the size of the pilot cadre, not whether CLIPr fits.
How a department this size actually buys
Most agencies here do not run an RFP, and they should not have to
Nine in ten US police departments have fewer than 100 sworn officers. The buying motion that fits them is a signature and a pilot, not a twelve-month procurement.
The math
Usage, not headcount
There is no per-officer license. Pricing adapts to actual utilization, and CLIPr's published position is that underutilized capacity carries forward to the next budget year. Ask for the annual total, not a seat price.
The path
No RFP needed in most cases
At this size the purchase usually sits under a chief's or sheriff's signing authority. Run the pilot first, then price the annual total against a number you have already measured yourself.
The timing
A pilot fits inside the current fiscal year
Thirty to ninety days is enough to produce your own measurement before the budget conversation, instead of asking for money against a vendor's number.
| Duration | 30 to 90 days. |
| Officers included | Up to 50 officers. The pilot cadre is usually smaller and scaled to the agency. |
| Cost | Free. No credit card required. |
| What you need | Recordings from the cameras you already run, and officers who will use the review step. |
| How it starts | A 15-minute fit call, then pilot setup, subject to approval. |
Agency-size figure: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Local Police Departments Personnel, 2020 (NCJ 305187). Pilot terms as published by CLIPr, verified 2026-08-09.
Questions agencies ask on the call
The five that come up every time
No. Code Four Labs Corp sells report-drafting software to police agencies. Most of what ranks for the phrase itself is developer tooling, plus a video surveillance product listed under the same name.
If you landed here from a coding search, this page is not for you and you can close it.
No. CLIPr produces an AI-assisted first draft from the recording. The officer reviews it against the footage, edits it, and owns the report that is filed.
AI does not supply observations, sensory detail, training-based inference, legal judgment, probable cause or credibility findings.
Not to start. Day one is drag and drop from the body-worn camera platform you already run.
CLIPr works across mixed fleets, so confirm your exact camera, export format and evidence platform during evaluation rather than standardizing the fleet first.
CLIPr does not publish subscription pricing for police report automation. The model is usage-based rather than per-officer, and CLIPr's published position is that underutilized capacity carries forward to the next budget year.
Run the pilot, then price the annual total against your own volume rather than against a headcount.
Based on the objections that have stopped AI report deployments elsewhere, three things: who is the author of record, whether the officer reviewed the source recording, and what the agency's disclosure policy says.
California SB 524 and Utah SB 180 both address disclosure when AI assists in drafting a record. Bring your prosecutor into the pilot rather than after it.
Test it on your own reports before you sign anything
Fifteen minutes is enough to tell whether a pilot makes sense for your agency. Bring your camera platform, your RMS and your sworn count.
15-minute fit call. Free 30 to 90 day pilot for up to 50 officers, subject to approval. No credit card required.There is a separate self-serve route. If your department has fewer than 50 sworn officers and recently upgraded, or is about to upgrade, its mobile data terminals (MDTs) through a reseller partner, you qualify for a self-serve 30-day trial at app.clipr.ai/agencysignup. Every other agency should use the fit call above.