United Kingdom, London
Metropolitan Police
Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms, supplied by Palantir Technologies
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- Body
- Metropolitan Police
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Area
- London
- Technology
- Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms
- Supplier
- Palantir Technologies
- Programme
- Culture Standards and Integrity Ecosystem
- Status
- Trial
Being tested in live conditions under a time-limited pilot or trial. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- December 2025
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Journalism
Named reporting by a reputable outlet - Source
- Police Professional, 26 June 2026
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-C08644FD
Notes
Internal professional-standards analytics on Palantir Foundry over more than 50,000 current and former staff records, not a tool applied to the public. The contract began on 14 October 2025 and data injection went live on 18 December 2025; the force's own impact assessment calls it "high-risk processing". A separate £50m Met AI contract with Palantir was blocked by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime in May 2026; after a settlement in October 2026 that procurement is to be restarted.
Update, November 2026. Recorded as a trial rather than operational: every source describes this as a pilot. In June 2026 the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime granted the Met a 12-month extension to its Palantir pilot, which Police Professional describes as focused on identifying conduct issues, while a new procurement open to other suppliers is run (Police Professional, 26 June 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Metropolitan PoliceLive Facial Recognition | United KingdomLondon | NEC (NeoFace) | 2020 | Operational | |
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Police Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms elsewhere in United Kingdom
See them in the tracker| 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 | |
| Bedfordshire PolicePolice Data Integration and Link Analysis Platforms | United KingdomBedfordshire | Palantir Technologies | 2023 | 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 | |
| Hertfordshire ConstabularyProject Nectar (Palantir Foundry data platform) | United KingdomHertfordshire | Palantir Technologies | — | Trial |
Coverage that mentions this deployment
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Also reported by MSN