联合王国将43支警察部队削减至10支,集中服务,提高效率和前线存在。 UK to cut 43 police forces to 10, centralizing services to boost efficiency and frontline presence.

联合王国内政大臣Shabana Mahmood将宣布英格兰和威尔士的重大警务改革,旨在将警察部队的人数从43人减少到提高效率和打击不断上升的犯罪。 Shabana Mahmood, the UK Home Secretary, is set to announce major police reforms in England and Wales, aimed at reducing the number of police forces from 43 to improve efficiency and combat rising crime. 这次大修是数十年来最重要的一次大修,将巩固后台职能,以节省资金,并将资源转用于前线军官,改组部队,将重点放在严重和有组织犯罪上,而邻里官员则处理当地问题。 The overhaul, the most significant in decades, will consolidate back-office functions to save money and redirect resources to frontline officers, with forces restructured to focus on serious and organized crime while neighborhood officers deal with local issues. 这些变化旨在缩小绩效差异,列举了以前的问题,如Wiltshire警察在2018年Salisbury中毒期间依赖其他部队的情况。 The changes aim to reduce performance disparities, citing previous issues such as Wiltshire Police's reliance on other forces during the 2018 Salisbury poisoning. 独立审查将确定新部队的最终规模和范围,预计到2030年代中期将全面实施。 An independent review will determine the final size and scope of the new forces, with full implementation expected by the mid-2030s. 虽然先前的改革努力失败了, 但Mahmood的支持者表示她致力于大胆的变革, 虽然批评者质疑中央集权是否会改善犯罪结果, While previous reform efforts have failed, Mahmood's supporters say she is committed to bold change, though critics question whether centralization will improve crime outcomes, citing low conviction rates in larger forces.