By Raphael Boyd
Publication Date: 2026-04-25 15:31:00
The Metropolitan Police have launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool from controversial technology company Palantir to track down rogue officers.
The software was used by the Met over the course of a week and snooped on staff using data that police have access to at any time. Violations of the rules were uncovered, ranging from home office violations to suspected corruption and even criminal allegations such as rape.
The Met said the software had uncovered evidence linking a small number of officers to serious cases of misconduct and criminality, leading to the arrest of three officers for offenses including abuse of authority for sexual purposes, fraud, sexual assault, misconduct in public office and abuse of police systems.
According to figures cited by the Met, corruption was the most common offense detected by the AI software. 98 officers were investigated for misconduct related to “police misuse of the IT system that schedules shifts.”
