英国国家审计署：2025年警察生产力报告（英文版）

The role of the police is to maintain public safety and order, prevent crime and uphold the law. There are 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales, which are accountable to locally elected police and crime commissioners and mayors. While the Home Office has overall responsibility for police forces, individual forces are operationally independent. The Home Office allocates the majority of police funding and maintains a system of local accountability, including intervening if chief const