US EditionUK to create new ‘British FBI’ police service to tackle major crime investigations
The UK government will merge agencies under the new National Police Service to improve tackling of complex crimes and free 43 local forces to focus on everyday policing.
- On Jan 24, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the government will establish the National Police Service , dubbed `British FBI`, to centralise major crime investigations across England and Wales.
- To free up local forces, officials say the outdated system struggles as some lack skills to tackle complex crimes like fraud and online child abuse.
- The plan merges the NCA, Counter Terror Policing, National Police Air Service, National Roads Policing, and regional crime units into the NPS led by a national police commissioner with a police licensing scheme for officers.
- Senior policing bodies caution the reforms must protect local forces’ vital community links, while the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners warns changes could be costly and risk distancing forces from communities.
- White Paper details are due on Monday, with reforms cutting the current 43 forces and a planned 2028 scrapping of police and crime commissioners to save at least £100m, the government said.
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UK government unveils ‘British FBI’-style force to tackle serious crime
The UK government has announced plans to establish a new National Police Service, a centralised law enforcement body that has been widely described as a “British FBI”. The proposed force is intended to strengthen the country’s response to serious and organised crime, terrorism, cybercrime and large-scale fraud, while also supporting local police forces across England and Wales. Source
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