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Met Police dismisses Chief Officer James Deller for copying images
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Story summary
- Metropolitan Police dismissed Chief Officer James Deller after he copied intimate images on his work phone.
- Palantir’s Foundry AI flagged the images during a lawful business-monitoring misconduct operation.
- WhatsApp’s ‘view once’ feature sent the images to Deller in July and August 2025.
- An accelerated misconduct hearing on Friday confirmed the violation and led to Deller’s removal.
- Palantir is suing London Mayor Sadiq Khan for blocking a £50,000,000 Metropolitan Police contract.