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Police chiefs have said a no-deal Brexit would mean the loss of an array of crime-fighting tools and that any planned replacements would be less effective. | |
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said a unit had been set up to limit any potential damage from a no-deal Brexit, including losing access to tools such as the European arrest warrant and information sharing. | |
Sara Thornton, the chair of the NPCC, said: “Existing EU tools allow us to respond quickly and intelligently to crime and terrorism in the UK and the EU – they make us better at protecting the public. | |
“The alternatives we are planning to use, where they exist, are without exception slower, more bureaucratic and ultimately less effective.” | “The alternatives we are planning to use, where they exist, are without exception slower, more bureaucratic and ultimately less effective.” |
She said the new unit would make more use of Interpol and agreements with individual countries, and added: “We have agreed a model that minimises the risks and makes the best use of already pressured police resources. It does not predict a worse-case scenario but it does prepare for it.” | She said the new unit would make more use of Interpol and agreements with individual countries, and added: “We have agreed a model that minimises the risks and makes the best use of already pressured police resources. It does not predict a worse-case scenario but it does prepare for it.” |
Police say they have access to 40 crime-fighting tools through Britain’s EU membership. Richard Martin, the police chief lead on international policing, said a no-deal Brexit would make it harder to arrest the two Russian novichok suspects if the two men left Russia and entered an EU country. A European arrest warrant has been issued for the pair. | |
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