UK GOVERNMENT REVIEWS WHY POLICE CEDING CRIMINAL CASES TO US MILITARY

Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelations The UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the process through which… The effort, involving multiple government departments, is examining why UK police forces, which have primary responsibility for investigating such cases, have been ceding jurisdiction to US military investigators.

The Guardian reports that exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelations The UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the process through which…

The report adds: The effort, involving multiple government departments, is examining why UK police forces, which have primary responsibility for investigating such cases, have been ceding jurisdiction to US military investigators.

This report is covered across the current DAMMNEWS feeds. Security reporting can change quickly. The useful distinction is between an announcement, a reported event, independent confirmation and the response that follows.

This is a developing report. DAMMNEWS will surface related coverage as closely matched reporting enters the live cache.

DAMMNEWS RSS BRIEFING — generated locally from the available The Guardian headline and RSS excerpt. It is not a summary of the full source article.