National Crime Squad
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The National Crime Squad (NCS) was a
Areas of focus
The NCS primarily dealt with
Lastly, it augmented and supported regional forces throughout the United Kingdom.Organisation
The organisation's officers were seconded from police forces from England and Wales, supported by directly recruited specialist civilian and police staff members. It was headed by a director-general and had its own service authority. The first director-general was Roy Penrose, OBE QPM, and upon his retirement in 2001, William Hughes, CBE QPM became the director-general before moving on to establish the Serious Organised Crime Agency as its founding director-general. Trevor Pearce CBE QPM previously deputy director-general took over as the third director-general before becoming an executive director and later director-general of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The NCS headquarters was at Pimlico in London, with three Regional Operational Command Units: Northern, Eastern, and Western with an extensive residential property estate plus other premises. Other units were the Financial OCU, the Paedophilia Unit, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, and the Immigration Crime Team. The NCS consisted of 1,656 full-time personnel, including 5 Directors, 1,169 seconded police officers, and 280 civilian police staff.
Appearances in fiction
The NCS was fictionalised in the television series NCS: Manhunt, and in Burnside, a spin-off of The Bill.
References
- ^ "National Crime Squad". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "National Crime Squad | About us". 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 25 February 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
External links
- National Crime Squad at the Wayback Machine (archive index)