The UK Football Policing Unit will deploy only three officers to the upcoming World Cup in the US due to a lack of funding from US authorities and a 10% cut from the Home Office. Despite expecting up to 15,000 England fans per match, the unit's role will be limited to cultural interpretation for local law enforcement.
‘Massive drop-off’ in successful prosecutionsPolice are ‘not getting the information in time’One of the UK’s leading police officers in prosecuting online harms has said the ability to secure identifying information from the social media company X has become “significantly worse” over the past 12 months.Mike Ankers, the deputy director of the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU), said there had been a “massive drop-off” in successful prosecutions in 2025, and that the Elon Musk-owned platform was “hiding behind” legal processes that delayed the identification of users posting hateful content online. Continue reading...
