National Police Service
Planned national law enforcement agency in the UK
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The National Police Service (NPS) is a planned national and principal law enforcement agency for England and Wales, in the United Kingdom, that will be established to take over the remit for:[1][2]
- the counter terrorism policing remit from the Metropolitan Police Service
- National Roads Policing run by Sussex Police
- the National Police Air Service run by the West Yorkshire Police
- serious and organised crime investigations from the National Crime Agency
- financial crimes from the City of London Police
- professional development and training from the College of Policing.
The NPS will mainly cover England and Wales only, but will be able to set UK-wide standards and training. It will not cover Scotland or Northern Ireland where policing is devolved.[1][3]
Establishment of the National Police Service forms part of wider reforms of policing, including reducing the police forces in England and Wales from 43.[4] The reforms were set out in the white paper From Local to National: a New Model for Policing on 26 January 2026.[5] The establishment date for the National Police Service has not yet been announced.[3]