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Incident 1597: Spokane, Washington, Police Reportedly Circulated Purported AI-Generated Image as Authentic Photo of Injured Dog

Description: Detectives in Spokane, Washington, reportedly created a purported AI-generated image as a joke depicting a real undercover officer holding an injured dachshund. A supervisor reportedly mistook it for an authentic photograph and the image was released to news media after correcting an earlier claim that the dog had died. The Spokesman-Review published a cropped version before the department disclosed that the scene was fabricated and began reviewing its verification procedures.

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Alleged: Synthetic media generation technology developers and Synthetic image generation technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Spokane Police Department , Law enforcement and Synthetic media creators, which harmed Law enforcement , Epistemic integrity , General public , General public of Spokane, Washington , Journalistic integrity , The Spokesman-Review , Undercover law enforcement officers , Privacy and News organizations.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic media generation technology and Synthetic image generation technology

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Incident ID
1597
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-07-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident OccurrenceAI-generated images fool Spokane city officials twice in six days
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AI-generated images fool Spokane city officials twice in six days

AI-generated images fool Spokane city officials twice in six days

spokesman.com

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AI-generated images fool Spokane city officials twice in six days
spokesman.com · 2026

Tragedy struck in Spokane in late June when a man allegedly killed a small dog in a domestic violence dispute.

Local police, issued a news release on July 1 highlighting the man's arrest.

Except the dog wasn't dead, only seriously injured. …

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