British Police lose 400,000 criminal records

 

 

Police and bodyguards protect the home secretary, Priti Patel, as she walks across Westminster Bridge toward St Thomas’ hospital. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Priti Patel has been accused of dodging parliament following the loss of hundreds of thousands of police records that were deleted by faulty software.

The home secretary said a “major technical operation” was underway to undo the damage caused by the loss of around 400,000 records from the Police National Computer (PNC) – including fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/priti-patel-police-data-parliament-b1789069.htm