Police transcription software
Police transcription that finishes the job
Most tools hand back a transcript and stop. CLIPr adds a searchable Question and Answer index and a first draft.
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
- No per-officer license
- Works across mixed camera fleets
From recording to draft
The transcript is the middle of the job, not the end of it
Four steps. A transcription vendor delivers after step two. The two steps after that are the reason the recording was pulled in the first place.
Upload the recording
Drag and drop audio or video out of the body-worn camera platform you already run. Interview room audio, in-car video and field recordings all go in the same way.
Departments choose which video types are processed automatically, so records can start with one report type and widen from there.
What it takes to start
A recording and a browser. There is no dock to install on day one, no camera to swap and no IT project to schedule before the first file is processed.
CLIPr works across mixed fleets. Confirm your exact camera, export format and evidence platform during evaluation.
The transcript comes back timestamped and searchable
Every clip returns a timestamped, searchable transcript synced to the video, with a search field, a jump to current control and a download control on the panel itself.
A Topics Index breaks the same recording into named topic and subtopic segments, each carrying its own time range, so a reviewer jumps by marked moment instead of scrubbing.
Questions and answers are indexed, not just transcribed
Footage arrives pre-indexed into timestamped Question and Answer cards down the right rail. Each card carries its own time range and its own download control.
For a detective working a two-hour interview, this is the difference between reading a wall of text and pulling the four exchanges that matter.
CLIPr drafts. The officer reviews, edits and owns it.
CLIPr drafts the report from the recording 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 records management system (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
A transcript has no author. A report does.
The moment a tool stops delivering a record of what was said and starts delivering a narrative, the question changes from accuracy to authorship. This is how CLIPr answers it.
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 recording is the source, and it has limits. A camera captures what was said and what was in frame. It does not capture smell, tone read in person, or an officer's training-based inference. The officer supplies those.
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. Records supervisors are usually the people who find out about that requirement last, so find out early.
"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 recordings 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 against your own backlog during the pilot rather than taking any vendor's number on faith.
How your evidence is handled
There is no such thing as a CJIS certification. Here is what CLIPr actually does instead.
Evidentiary audio is the most sensitive thing a records division sends outside the building. That decision usually lands on a records supervisor and a Terminal Agency Coordinator (TAC), so this is written for them rather than rendered as a badge.
The standard
A policy, not a certificate
The FBI delegated Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance to the states, and the state bureaus say so plainly. Colorado's bureau states it does not certify a vendor as compliant even after a successful audit, and Georgia's states its vendor program confers no license or certification.
The instrument
The CJIS Security Addendum
The real legal document is the CJIS Security Addendum appended to the agreement between the agency and the vendor, together with the background-check, encryption, access-control and incident-response obligations behind it.
CLIPr's posture
Stated plainly, checked in procurement
CJIS Security Policy-aligned handling and a SOC 2 compliant architecture. CLIPr states that agencies retain ownership of their files and that CLIPr does not claim rights to agency content.
| Security posture | CJIS Security Policy-aligned. SOC 2 compliant architecture. |
| Certification claims | None. No CJIS certification exists to hold. |
| Data ownership | Agencies retain ownership of their files. CLIPr states that it does not claim rights to agency content. |
| Confirm in procurement | Read the order form and data terms for:
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| Deployment | Review deployment-specific controls during procurement, alongside the report type and scope they apply to. |
State bureau positions: Colorado Bureau of Investigation, CJIS vendor management program; Georgia Bureau of Investigation, CJIS vendor compliance program.
Before you book anything
Who this is for, and who it is not for
This category holds two different buyers who use the same words. Read the right-hand column first and close the tab if that is you.
CLIPr fits when
- The transcript is a step toward a report, not the deliverable your agency actually needs.
- Detectives are sitting through long interview recordings to find four exchanges worth quoting.
- Outside transcription is billed per minute and nobody can predict the annual total.
- You want the officer to stay the author of record on the narrative that gets filed.
Probably not your tool when
- You need a certified transcript. CLIPr does not produce one, and a court transcript vendor is the right choice when a court requires it.
- You want a human transcriptionist to type and certify a verbatim record.
- 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 the finished report pushed straight into your RMS on day one. That depends on the RMS vendor, the API, a security review and a contract, and it is not available by default.
CLIPr states it is actively used by law enforcement agencies across the U.S. The CLIPr pilot includes both patrol and interview room workflows, so records and investigations evaluate it at the same time.
How a department this size actually buys
Per-minute billing is why this line item is hard to forecast
Nine in ten US police departments have fewer than 100 sworn officers. At that size the transcription line is a variable cost attached to a fixed budget, which is the whole problem.
The math
Usage, not headcount
There is no per-officer license. CLIPr's published position is to pay only for what you need, with pricing that adapts to actual utilization and underutilized capacity carried forward to the next budget year. Ask for the annual total.
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 volume you have already measured yourself.
The published rates
Redaction is priced openly
CLIPr publishes per-minute rates for its separate redaction service: $0.09 per minute for Search and Redact and $0.51 per minute for White Glove Redaction, both sold in minimum $250 blocks. CLIPr does not publish subscription pricing for police report automation.
| 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 and interview rooms 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). Redaction rates and pilot terms as published by CLIPr, verified 2026-08-09.
Questions records and IT ask first
The five that come up on every call
Both, and the order matters. CLIPr transcribes the recording, indexes it into topics and Question and Answer cards, and then drafts the report from it.
If you only need the transcript, you can stop at step two and use it. Most agencies looking at this category are trying to get to the report.
No. CLIPr does not produce certified transcripts, and a court transcript vendor remains the right choice when a court or a prosecutor requires one.
Agencies that need both can keep a transcript vendor for the small number of recordings that go to court, and use CLIPr for the daily volume that turns into reports.
Output quality depends on the quality of the source audio, and no honest answer to this question is a percentage. A roadside stop next to traffic is harder than an interview room.
The useful test is your own worst recording, not a vendor demo clip. Bring three difficult files to the pilot and judge the transcript and the draft on those.
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.
The one place CLIPr does publish per-minute rates is its separate redaction service, at $0.09 per minute for Search and Redact and $0.51 per minute for White Glove Redaction, both in minimum $250 blocks.
Not to start. Day one is drag and drop from the body-worn camera platform you already run, and CLIPr works across mixed fleets.
Confirm your exact camera, export format and evidence platform during evaluation rather than standardizing the fleet first. Docking and a direct push into the RMS are later phases, and the RMS push depends on the vendor, the API, a security review and a contract.
Bring your worst three recordings
Fifteen minutes is enough to tell whether a pilot makes sense. Bring your camera platform, your interview room setup and the recordings you would not put in a vendor demo.
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.