Volunteer Police Force Chief Sacked After Using Work Phone to Capture Sexual Images

Volunteer police force chief sacked after using work phone to capture sexual images

Palantir AI probe leads to Met Police volunteer chief's dismissal

Special chief officer James Deller copied intimate images on to his work phone, AI monitoring finds.

Chief of Met Police's volunteer force sacked over 'sexual images'

Special Chief Officer James Deller used his police phone to photograph intimate images sent to him using WhatsApp’s ‘view once’ feature

Police chief dismissed for using work phone to capture 'sexual images'

The images had originally been shared with him via WhatsApp's 'View Once' function.

Head Of Metropolitan Police's Volunteer Force Sacked After AI Finds He Captured Sexual Images On Work Phone

James Deller, who led the force’s volunteer officers, was dismissed after an accelerated hearing on Friday. His misconduct was uncovered by investigators with the help of Palantir’s Foundry system, which uses artificial intelligence (AI). They found that in July and August 2025, the special chief officer used his police-issued device to photograph two intimate images of a woman that had been sent to his personal phone. The original images were s…