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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth UK technology editor

Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct

Rear view of two police officers wearing helmets and hi-vis jackets
The Metropolitan police, which has 46,000 officers and staff, is the UK’s largest force. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned.

The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used technology supplied by the company, which also works for the Israeli military and Donald Trump’s ICE operation. It has now confirmed that it is using Palantir’s AI to analyse internal data about sickness levels, absences from duty and overtime patterns in an effort to identify potential shortcomings in professional standards.

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