Britain's government has announced plans to establish a new National Police Service, which will consolidate the efforts of existing agencies to tackle terrorism, fraud, organized crime, and other complex offenses. This new force will merge the work of the National Crime Agency with other nationwide policing roles, including counterterrorism and road policing. The chief of the National Police Service, known as the national crime commissioner, will become the country's most senior law enforcement official, surpassing the current head of London's police. The initiative is part of a sweeping reform package, described as the most significant change to policing since the nineteenth century, aiming to modernize law enforcement and deploy advanced technology and expertise to apprehend dangerous criminals. Local police forces will be able to focus more on everyday crimes, while the national service takes on major investigations, and the government is expected to reduce the number of police forces to streamline operations and cut costs.