Northern Ireland could be used to smuggle illegal drugs and weapons from the EU into Great Britain after Brexit, police have warned.

'Serious & troubling letters from @PoliceChiefs& @NCA_UK to @CommonsHomeAffs on preparations for 1 Jan, outlining the security downgrade if no negotiated agreement, inc impact on public protection, serious crime & counter terror.'

Police chief appeals to politicians and activists to ‘think about the consequences’ of their rhetoric in ‘febrile’ atmosphere. / More than 10,000 riot police officers are being readied to tackle disorder on the streets of Britain sparked by Brexit.

UK car makers have been 'unable to meet the requirements' of the Metropolitan Police protection service

Police officers from 33 forces have been deployed to help Kent Police manage Brexit contingency plans, it has emerged.

Three alleged assaults on day UK was meant to leave EU. / Five people have been arrested during the pro-Brexit demonstrations in central London on Friday, police said.

A Brexit deal which is seen to threaten the union between Britain and Northern Ireland could lead to civil disorder by loyalists, the head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has warned.

Police to lose access to database used more than 600 million times a year on 1 January.

UK carmakers ‘unable to meet the requirements’ of the Metropolitan Police protection service.

Police tell MPs they will lose 'at your fingertips' access to crucial EU databases.

Biometrics commissioner "deeply concerned" as Lib Dem Layla Moran tells HuffPost UK leaving pacts "will make Britain less safe".

Police are monitoring "stress" and "growing discontent" within unionist communities over the Irish Sea border.

BORDER Force officers from other jurisdictions may be drafted into Northern Ireland in the event of a no deal Brexit.

End of lockdown could see unionist protests, police officer says.

As the UK’s last European commissioner, I know how welcome it is that a deal was struck—and how much remains to be done

Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal.

The prime minister is considering tearing up the Human Rights Act and suspending the European Convention on Human Rights.

Is Europol a European FBI? No. Europol has no executive powers. ...

‘It’s time to f*** s*** up,’ extremists threaten after parliament moves to block no-deal Brexit.

Counter-terror police vow to thwart rise in violence driven by extreme-right ideologies.

Last year, UK car production hit its lowest level since 1956 because of skills shortages and supply chain issues.

Simon Byrne says his officers could be killed if they had to patrol border checkpoints.

Expert also says MPs’ constituency offices are ‘wide open’ to potential attacks.

Losing access to European security arrangements post-Brexit "will only benefit criminals", Scotland's justice secretary has said.

Chancellor sceptical about request as Tories discuss leaving EU without deal. / The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has demanded more than £1bn extra funds for police and border force officials to cope with a no-deal Brexit in a request met with scepticism by the chancellor, Philip Hammond.

Police stop leaders of dawdling convoys that were intended to cause ‘gridlock’ in pursuit of 29 March Brexit date.

Officers from as far afield as Gwent in Wales, Devon and Cornwall and Yorkshire have all been moved to the county to deal with the contingency plans brought in to deal with the change in rules when travelling to EU countries.

Lord Brian Paddick (former DAC, London Metropolitan Police) speaks to the crowd gathered in Newcastle on 25/03/2018. He speaks on issues of security and policing surrounding Brexit.

UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons.

Sir Julian King, ex-European commissioner for the security union, spoke to the Commons Home Affairs Committee.

Other UK forces also increase spending on ammunition amid fears of no-deal Brexit disorder.

£2.4m unit set up after warnings over loss of access to EU policing tools.

Brexit warning over anti-trafficking body comes as lorry driver is charged with manslaughter.

Government figures seek to play down predictions of food, medicine and fuel shortages in leaked document.

Government must close loophole in law, says officer in charge of no-deal planning.

PSNI assistant chief constable George Clarke says no deal could be a "clarion call" for violent dissident republicans.

A no-deal Brexit could increase the risk of attacks on police officers in Northern Ireland, the head of the country's police force has said.

Officer leading national preparations decries potential loss of EU crime-fighting tools.

Cabinet said to be unhappy at plans to divert officers to Kent while knife crime soars

A north Wales police chief claims he has been gagged from warning people about a possible threat to security and law and order caused by Brexit.

Police on both sides of the open border fear if checkpoints return after Brexit they could become a target for militant groups opposed to peace in the region.

DUP MP accuses UK government’s Brexit deal of “disrupting peace”.

Despite nearly 40 years of specialist police investigative units into organised crime, London remains a centre for money-laundering.

Senior officer says powers less effective if UK forces are denied access to criminal databases.

Chiefs warn that inflammatory rhetoric from politicians could worsen Brexit tensions.

Ukip, Tommy Robinson, the UK “yellow vests”, Democratic Football Lads Alliance and Leave Means Leave campaign are holding rallies in the capital, on the day Britain was due to leave the EU.

Police in Northern Ireland are expecting Boris Johnson's Brexit agreement to trigger protests in Northern Ireland, MPs have been told.

‘Efficiency and effectiveness’ at risk as terror threat raised and crime becomes increasingly transnational.

We've put arrangements in place to maximise our own ability to stand on our own two feet,' says assistant chief constable.

Police are investigating two pro-Brexit "sabotage" attempts to disrupt Britain's rail network. Home-made short-circuit devices were found clipped to railway tracks in Cambridgeshire and Nottinghamshire last week.

Preparations being made at ‘every port and access point from Europe’, senior officer say.

Almost 1,000 officers from rest of UK to start training to deal with trouble arising from hard border

The European Arrest Warrant will no longer be valid if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October.

Emergency services to work with government agencies and councils to test readiness.

The figure has been released in a Brexit contingency planning report due to be discussed by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) this week.

Thousands of names ‘double keyed’ into Interpol system – in case screens ‘switched off’ in just eight weeks’ time.

British officers do not have immediate powers of arrest under an Interpol system that could replace the EU database

First time ministers have admitted police will enforce need for ‘Kent access permit’.

Key information systems will be lost even if a security deal is struck before 31 December, National Crime Agency says.

The UK does "not have as much influence or as much voice" within a major European law enforcement agency post-Brexit, says a police chief.

Although the final Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU contained a mutual commitment to future security and law enforcement cooperation, there is no doubt that the settlement resulted in an overall lessening of policing capability.

The Chief Constable Simon Byrne has told Boris Johnson the PSNI will not police any customs checkpoints on the Northern Ireland border after Brexit.

Police chiefs say the measure will mean "sufficient officers and staff available" to deal with any issues arising from Brexit.

Richard Corbett, former Labour MEP, linguist, author and fluent and well-informed speaker will explain the background to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal and discuss the fallout. There are numerous consequences of Brexit which are not receiving sufficient publicity. Leaving the EU came at a huge cost to the UK economically, culturally and in terms of our standing in the world.

A week after he addressed the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan has said there has been an increase in community tension over the NI protocol.

Even limited agreement reached will be ripped up if UK pulls out of the European Convention on Human Rights.

However, this article seeks to describe, as far as possible, how Brexit has affected the business and regulatory environment across the full range of areas covered by Steptoe and Johnson practices so far, and to identify issues of potential future concern for companies.

This note summarises the evidence so far of the impacts on Brexit on Scotland. It sets out early evidence related to areas such as trade, the workforce and EU programmes.

“What?!” - former prime minister is dumbfounded as her old nemesis suggests Brexit will help “intensify” the UK’s security. / Theresa May has ridiculed Michael Gove’s claim that Brexit could give intelligence and law enforcement services the power to “intensify” the security they provide for the UK.

Britain's highest-ranking civil servant has issued a doomsday analysis of how the country would be affected by a No Deal Brexit, as MPs yet again failed to break the deadlock last night.

Irish troops could return to the border in the event of a botched Brexit, the Irish prime minister has warned.

Police are investigating attempts to sabotage rail lines after two devices bearing pro-Brexit slogans were planted on train tracks.

Note found after attempted sabotage read: 'We will bring this country to its knees if we don't leave'.

The UK will be less safe if it fails to strike a post-Brexit security deal with the EU, Britain's top counter-terrorism officer has said.

UK set to lose access to Schengen Information System that police across continent use to stop criminals.

Officials feared ‘reputational impact’ of error in which details of crimes by foreigners were not passed on. / The UK has failed to pass on the details of 75,000 convictions of foreign criminals to their home EU countries and concealed the scandal for fear of damaging Britain’s reputation in Europe’s capitals, the Guardian can reveal.

'Yet a no deal outcome would still have profound implications for the uK. as we analyse in what follows, from trade to connectivity to foreign policy to cooperation in policing, a failure to strike an agreement with the eu will impact on us in numerous ways.'

Britain has lost "significant" access to EU policing data under the Brexit deal negotiated at the end of last year, a House of Lords report has said.

Leaked German government report shows Britain has been requesting special access. / Britain wants to ‘approximate the position of a member state as closely as possible’ when it comes to working with Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, the leaked report states.

‘There are certainly instruments that we may not have access to’, Foreign Secretary says - after police chiefs warned of ‘major impact on counter-terrorism’

Former terror law reviewer David Anderson warns of serious impact on fight against cross-border crime.

Government document reveals plans to ditch tool that allows for fast extradition of criminals.

Sir Ian Blair rejects Priti Patel’s claim nation will made safer through ‘tougher’ post-Brexit powers.

Gerard Batten had suggested Metropolitan Police may use banned devices, despite force not owning any.

Labour’s Andy Dunbobbin said a “perfect storm” of the Ukraine war, Brexit and the Covid pandemic had caused him to propose a rise in the local policing levy. ‌​‌‌​​​‌‍‌​‌​‌​​

All four Welsh police forces are sending officers to the county as part of a mutual aid scheme.

Sir Julian King told MPs that “data adequacy” for police was the “most significant, outstanding, unresolved issue” which had come out of the UK’s security agreement with the EU.