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- The UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a policing overhaul with £140 million for AI and facial recognition.
- The plan would reduce 43 police forces to as few as 12 and establish a National Police Service.
- Critics, including the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, say the changes centralize power.
- Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp warned that merging forces could distance police from communities amid falling officer numbers.
