Police in London are deeply worried that officers will have serious difficulties hunting terrorists and sex crime offenders if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal that could regulate future bilateral relations.
The Guardian newspaper said in a report on Monday that the Scotland Yard was rushing to set up a “safety net unit” for the contingency situation in which Britain leaves the EU in March next year without having a deal that could give security agencies an access to EU policing tools and data bases.
Internal police documents showed that the new unit will cost around £2.5 million while the taxpayers should also pay around £250,000 for costs of renting a new office for the large team of officers and experts that will operate in the unit.
The National Crime Agency and National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) had already drawn contingency plans for no-deal Brexit. The Home Office (Britain’s interior ministry) has approved…