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NSW Police sued by US tech firm Mark43 over terminated contract

A tech company with links to billionaire Jeff Bezos and actor Ashton Kutcher is suing NSW Police over a cancelled contract to upgrade its technology. 

US-based software provider Mark43 was contracted by NSW Police in March last year, to upgrade its Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS).

According to former police commissioner Mick Fuller, in answers submitted during budget estimates last year, the cost of transitioning from COPS to the Integrated Police Operating System (IPOS) would be more than $1.2 billion over 18 years. 

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