The Goodyear Police Department is combining traditional forensic sketching with artificial intelligence to produce realistic images that the department hopes will help identify suspects more quickly.

Officer Michael Bonasera, identified on the show as a police forensic artist, described a two‑step workflow in which an artist creates a hand‑drawn sketch and then uses AI tools to render the sketch as a realistic face. "Turn this into a realistic person based off the characteristics from the drawing," Bonasera said, explaining the process used to create supplementary images for public distribution.

Bonasera emphasized that sketches remain the foundation of the work: artists supply proportion, facial detail and features that the AI needs to translate into photorealistic output. "We're not gonna stop drawing ... that's the whole goal," he said, adding that AI has "been so mind blowing ... to see the, from drawing to the AI image." Hosts framed the technology as a complement to artist expertise that could speed casework; the show did not discuss department policy on AI use, data retention, or privacy safeguards.

The episode included a lighthearted on‑air demo in which hosts generated playful AI sketches of themselves; Bonasera and hosts stressed that the human artist remains central to producing an accurate likeness.