Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct
2026-02-22
The Guardian
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The Metropolitan Police in the UK are using Palantir's AI tools to analyze internal data and flag potential officer misconduct. The Police Federation criticizes this as "automated suspicion," warning that opaque, untested AI could misinterpret data and violate officers' labor and human rights.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves an AI system explicitly mentioned (Palantir's AI tools) used to analyze police officers' internal data to flag potential misconduct. This use directly affects individuals' rights and could lead to harm such as unfair suspicion, privacy violations, and labor rights infringements. The AI system's role is pivotal in generating automated profiles that influence human decisions about officers' professional standards. The concerns raised by the Police Federation about opaque and untested algorithmic profiling further support the classification as an AI Incident due to violations of rights and potential harm to individuals. Therefore, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.[AI generated]