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In addition, the NCA acts as the UK point of contact for foreign law enforcement agencies. It replaced the Serious Organised Crime Agency in 2013. Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) – a Home Office investigative agency for labour exploitation, also working with other agencies on organised crime. [9]
For a list of all law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom and its territories, see List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories. Map of the 45 territorial police areas in the UK
[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.
List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories; List of law enforcement agencies in Northern Ireland; List of law enforcement agencies in Scotland
Ultimately the chief officer of a territorial police force has primacy over all law enforcement within his police area [1] even if it is within the remit of a special police force such as the British Transport Police on the railway infrastructure, the Ministry of Defence Police on MOD property or a port constabulary on a port. [2]
BCU replaces the earlier terms Sub-Division and Division that had been in use since the 1880s. BCUs may alternatively be called an Area Command or a Division. They will also contain smaller, more local teams which are often called a Local Policing Unit (LPU) or a Local Policing Team (LPT). There are 228 BCUs (or equivalent units) in England and ...
A division was the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces. In major reforms of police organisation in the 1990s divisions of many forces were restructured and retitled Basic Command Units (BCUs), although as of 2009 [update] some forces continue to refer to them as divisions.
This is a list of all national law enforcement agencies of the United Kingdom. See national law enforcement agency for the definition . The main article for this category is Law enforcement in the United Kingdom .