United Kingdom, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire Police
Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms, supplied by Palantir Technologies
TrialOfficial publicationPAI-7880CB10
- Body
- Bedfordshire Police
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Area
- Bedfordshire
- Technology
- Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms
- Supplier
- Palantir Technologies
- Programme
- Project Nectar (Home Office-funded pilot)
- Status
- Trial
Being tested in live conditions under a time-limited pilot or trial. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- 2023
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Regional Organised Crime Unit network, 11 July 2025; Computer Weekly and Good Law Project, 13 August 2026
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-7880CB10
Notes
The ROCU network states that Project Nectar "was initially launched within Bedfordshire Police". Computer Weekly and the Good Law Project report about £3m spent from September 2023 on Nectar and Foundry for data sharing across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
Update, November 2026. Computer Weekly (undated online copy) reports that Bedfordshire Police is leading the Palantir Nectar pilot within the Eastern Regional Special Operations Unit, that Nectar is built on Palantir's Foundry framework and connects existing police data sources under a unified view, and that one application, 'Project Retrace', maps locations visited by an individual using forensically extracted phone data. It says the pilot is in preparation for a national roll-out, that internal memos record a 'medium risk' that the system may process personal data in ways that are not proportionate or necessary, and that Accenture is partly auditing the pilot. It also reports that Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire constabularies have access to the platform through Bedfordshire.
Other systems used by Bedfordshire Police
| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire PoliceLive Facial Recognition | United KingdomBedfordshire | NEC (NeoFace Watch), according to NEC | 2025 | Operational |
Other bodies in Project Nectar (Home Office-funded pilot)
All records in this programme| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU)Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms | United KingdomEast Midlands | Palantir Technologies | 2024 | Discontinued | |
| Hertfordshire ConstabularyProject Nectar (Palantir Foundry data platform) | United KingdomHertfordshire | Palantir Technologies | — | Trial |
Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms elsewhere in United Kingdom
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan PolicePolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms | United KingdomLondon | Palantir Technologies | 2025 | Trial | |
| Lancashire ConstabularyPolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms | United KingdomLancashire | Palantir Technologies | 2025 | Discontinued | |
| Cambridgeshire ConstabularyPolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms | United KingdomCambridgeshire | Palantir Technologies | 2025 | Discontinued | |
| Avon and Somerset PoliceSöze investigation analytics platform | United KingdomAvon and Somerset | — | 2024 | Trial |