Met Police opts for Capgemini as strategic infrastructure services provider

Met Police

Capgemini has been chosen as the strategic IT infrastructure services provider for the UK’s largest police force, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS,) to help improve its digital interaction with citizens.

Under the five-year contract, Capgemini will provide the MPS with a flexible and agile service, offering an improved user experience for its more than 44,000 frontline officers and staff. The contract was signed between Capgemini and London’s Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

Nive Bhagat, CEO of cloud infrastructure services at Capgemini, said: “We are delighted to have been chosen as the strategic infrastructure services provider for MPS, one of the world’s leading police forces and one of the largest public sector organisations in the UK. We will leverage our automation delivery centre and deep hybrid cloud expertise to deliver a world class service to MPS in support of its ultimate vision to be the most trusted police force in the world.”

Angus McCallum, chief digital and technology officer at Metropolitan Police, said: “Capgemini will help us continue to develop the next stage in our journey towards Met’s digital policing vision. We look forward to working closely together in the delivery of critical infrastructure services over the coming years.”