National Police Service

The National Police Service (NPS) is a planned national and principal law enforcement agency for England and Wales, in the United Kingdom, that will be established to take over the remit for:

• the counter terrorism policing remit from the Metropolitan Police Service
• National Roads Policing run by Sussex Police
• the National Police Air Service run by the West Yorkshire Police
• serious and organised crime investigations from the National Crime Agency
• financial crimes from the City of London Police
• professional development and training from the College of Policing.

The NPS will mainly cover England and Wales only, but will be able to set UK-wide standards and training. It will not cover Scotland or Northern Ireland where policing is devolved.

Establishment of the National Police Service forms part of wider reforms of policing, including reducing the police forces in England and Wales from 43. The reforms were set out in the white paper From Local to National: a New Model for Policing on 26 January 2026. The establishment date for the National Police Service has not yet been announced.