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Serious & troubling letters from @PoliceChiefs & @NCA_UK to @CommonsHomeAffs on preparations for 1 Jan, outlining the security downgrade if no negotiated agreement, inc impact on public protection, serious crime & counter terror
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/3466/documents/33316/default/
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/3465/documents/33308/default/
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/3466/documents/33316/default/
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/3465/documents/33308/default/
Police & border force check SIS2 criminal database 600m of times a yr. @PoliceChiefs says loss has “major operational impact.” The fallback is to use Interpol but that requires manual data entry & includes far fewer people & objects - “it will be slower & lack capability”
On overseas criminal records, if we lose access to the ECRIS database @PoliceChiefs warn that it will take much longer to check records (up from 6 days to 66 days) “impacting on public protection”
On Passenger Name Records, @PoliceChiefs say “an inability to access PNR would have a major impact for counter terrorism and serious and organised crime related matters’”
On Europol, if no agreement, @NCA_UK say “the potential loss of access to Europol.. is the area we are most concerned about from a serious organised crime perspective.. the multilateral coordination & specialist analytical services can’t be replicated thru bilateral channels”
Prum covers automated searching of DNA & fingerprints. @PoliceChiefs say “it’s loss will have a major operational impact ... the UK has had over 12000 hits on DNA searched against 11 countries” They warn there’s no alternative if no deal & wd have to revert to manual requests
On the European Arrest Warrant they hope a negotiated agreement will deliver a version of the Norway/Iceland agreement tho they warn that without SIS2 it will still be “slower & more bureaucratic.” If there’s no agreement then we’re back to the v slow 1957 Extradition Convention
