A British government agency has publicly criticized the London Metropolitan Police for failing to keep accurate data on organized crime groups.
- The public announcement was made by the Information Commissioner's Office.
- The issue is believed to have happened due to a code bug on the Police National Database. The bug led to a wrong deployment of test data in the system.
- The ICO stated that the Metropolitan Police failed to address the issue for an extended period while also failing to delete files that should have been deleted.
- Law enforcement agencies may use PND to assess criminals or criminal groups.