• TWeaK@lemmy.today
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    9 days ago

    Ideally that’s what it will be, but I’m wary of how often they themselves refer to it as “the British FBI”.

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      9 days ago

      I’m not sure who is referring to them as the British FBI - it seems to be an unattributed quote.

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        9 days ago

        “The current policing model was built for a different century. We will create a new National Police Service – dubbed ‘the British FBI’ - deploying world class talent and state of the art technology to track down and catch dangerous criminals,” said UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

        The government themselves are referring to it that way.