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  2. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [nb 1] Most law enforcement duties are carried out by police constables of a territorial police force. As of 2021, there were 39 territorial police forces in England, 4 in Wales, one in Scotland, and one in Northern Ireland. [1] Each is responsible for most law enforcement and crime reduction in its police area.

  3. List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown ...

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    Current police forces have their grounding in the Police Act 1996 (in England and Wales), a combination of Police (Scotland) Act 1967 and Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (in Scotland) and the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (in Northern Ireland), which prescribe a number of issues such as appointment of a chief constable ...

  4. Police ranks of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    However, as law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in the three jurisdictions of England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, and as most law enforcement is carried out by police officers serving in regional police services known as territorial police forces, some variations in rank organisation, insignia and ...

  5. National Crime Agency - Wikipedia

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    The proposed agency was first publicly announced in a statement to the House of Commons by Theresa May, the then Home Secretary, on 26 July 2010. [10] On 8 June 2011, she declared that the NCA would comprise a number of distinct operational commands: Organised Crime, Border Policing, Economic Crime and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and that it would house the National ...

  6. Crown Prosecution Service - Wikipedia

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    The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal advice to the police and other investigative agencies during the course of criminal investigations, to decide whether a suspect should face criminal charges following an investigation, and to conduct prosecutions both in the magistrates' courts and the Crown Court.

  7. Powers of the police in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    In English law, "consent" in relation to trespass includes situations where a licence (i.e. permission to enter onto land) is implied without having to be explicitly stated: for example, walking through a private garden to reach the front door of a house for the purpose of delivering a letter. Where consent has not been granted by the occupier ...

  8. North West Police Underwater Search and Marine Unit

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    As well as performing the duties across the North West region for the member police forces, they regularly work alongside other UK law enforcement agencies, such HM Customs, UK Visas and Immigration and the Royal Navy. The unit carries out drug enforcement operations such as ship hull searches.

  9. Greater Manchester Police - Wikipedia

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    Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. As of March 2020 [update] , Greater Manchester Police employed 6,866 police officers, 3,524 members of police staff, and 560 police community support officers .