US EditionUK to create new ‘British FBI’ police service to tackle major crime investigations
The National Police Service will centralize investigations of terrorism, fraud, and organized crime, aiming to relieve local forces and deploy advanced technology including facial recognition.
- 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- To free up local forces, officials say the outdated system struggles as some lack skills to tackle complex crimes like fraud and online child abuse.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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The British government will present this week this plan for a "national FBI" specialized in complex investigations, such as terrorism and organised crime, in the context of the largest public order reform of the past 200 years, according to...
U.K. plans to create ‘British FBI’ to bring national investigations under single police force
The British government said Sunday that it will unveil plans this week to create a new national police force, dubbed the “British FBI,” to take charge on complex investigations such as counterterrorism, fraud, online child abuse and criminal gangs.
A "British FBI" will be created to tackle the most serious crime and help local police forces focus on tackling everyday offences. The National Police Service (NPS) will be set up in England and Wales to tackle crimes such as terrorism, fraud and organised crime that are not confined to areas, the Telegraph reports. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will say the NPS will attract "world-class talent" and use "state-of-the-art" technology - although …
In England and Wales, a new police authority is to be established. One of their tasks is to combat terrorists, and they want to set the example of persecutors from the US.
The British government wants to establish a new national police authority.
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UK plans to create 'British FBI' to bring national investigations under single police force
The British government plans to unveil a new national police force, dubbed the "British FBI," to handle complex investigations like counterterrorism and fraud.
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