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UK to create its own FBI in biggest police reform in nearly 200 years (newsukraine.rbc.ua)

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[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I think this is less to do with emulating the US and more to do with dealing with crime that crosses county lines without having to involve London.

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ideally that's what it will be, but I'm wary of how often they themselves refer to it as "the British FBI".

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure who is referring to them as the British FBI - it seems to be an unattributed quote.

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago

“The current policing model was built for a different century. We will create a new National Police Service – dubbed 'the British FBI' - deploying world class talent and state of the art technology to track down and catch dangerous criminals,” said UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

The government themselves are referring to it that way.