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Almost 1,000 officers from rest of UK to start training to deal with trouble arising from hard border
Irish troops could return to the border in the event of a botched Brexit, the Irish prime minister has warned.
£2.4m unit set up after warnings over loss of access to EU policing tools.
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Emergency services to work with government agencies and councils to test readiness.
Officer leading national preparations decries potential loss of EU crime-fighting tools.
Losing access to European security arrangements post-Brexit "will only benefit criminals", Scotland's justice secretary has said.
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.
Other UK forces also increase spending on ammunition amid fears of no-deal Brexit disorder.
Police chiefs say the measure will mean "sufficient officers and staff available" to deal with any issues arising from Brexit.
Cabinet said to be unhappy at plans to divert officers to Kent while knife crime soars
Police stop leaders of dawdling convoys that were intended to cause ‘gridlock’ in pursuit of 29 March Brexit date.
Police brace for disorder after far-right protesters threaten to riot on what would have been Brexit day
28/03/2019
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.
Ukip leader slapped down by police for falsely claiming they could use water cannon they don't even own on protesters
29/03/2019
Gerard Batten had suggested Metropolitan Police may use banned devices, despite force not owning any.
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.
Top mandarin's bombshell No Deal warning: Food up 10%, police unable to protect public, direct rule in Ulster, worse recession than 2008 says leaked letter
02/04/2019
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.
Note found after attempted sabotage read: 'We will bring this country to its knees if we don't leave'.
Police are investigating attempts to sabotage rail lines after two devices bearing pro-Brexit slogans were planted on train tracks.
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.
10,000 riot police ready to tackle disorder over potential protests, and food and medicine shortages
04/04/2019
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.
Chiefs warn that inflammatory rhetoric from politicians could worsen Brexit tensions.
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.
Government figures seek to play down predictions of food, medicine and fuel shortages in leaked document.