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Brexit: Police heading into ‘unknown’ when UK leaves EU on 1 January, senior officer warns
Exclusive: ‘Efficiency and effectiveness’ at risk as terror threat raised and crime becomes increasingly transnational
Police are heading into the “unknown” under Brexit with Britain’s departure from the European Union less than two months away, a senior officer has said.
- Lizzie Dearden
- Independent
Forces still do not know whether they will retain access to European mechanisms and databases, or have to fall back on contingency plans.
Former prime minister Theresa May recently lambasted the government for claiming that the UK “can cooperate more effectively to safeguard” British people outside the…