The National Criminal Intelligence Service ( NCIS ) was a United Kingdom policing agency . Following the Police and Criminal Justice Act 2001 , NCIS returned to direct funding by the Home Office in 2002 and was a non-departmental public body. On 1 April 2006 it was merged into the newly created Serious Organised Crime Agency . The unit was established in April 1992, previously known as the National Drugs Intelligence Unit . Organised according to the Police Act 1997 , the functions of NCIS were to gather intelligence data and analysed this information to provide the necessary insight and intelligence to national police forces. The act also empowered the service with rights to perform surveillance operations.
6-450: Organisation of the service included units specialising in organised crimes and crimes involving illicit drugs, football and financial issues. A specialised unit was focused especially on kidnap and extortion, counterfeit money, the stealing of automobiles and paedophilic crimes. At the time of the creation of the service, there was a paedophile unit integral to the organisation of the service. The service consisted of 500 officers. The service
12-961: The National Criminal Intelligence Service on 1 April 2006 to become the Serious Organised Crime Agency . Subsequent to the Police Reform Act 2002 , the NCS Service Authority reported directly to the Home Office and had nationwide and international jurisdiction. It did not handle security matters , referring such matters to the appropriate security service. The NCS primarily dealt with organised crime , major drug trafficking , contract killing , arms trafficking , human trafficking , computer and high tech crimes, money counterfeiting and laundering , extortion , kidnapping and murder relating to any of
18-505: The above. Lastly, it augmented and supported regional forces throughout the United Kingdom. The organisation's officers were seconded from police forces from England and Wales , supported by directly recruited specialist civilian and police staff members. It was headed by a director-general and had its own service authority. The first director-general was Roy Penrose, OBE QPM, and upon his retirement in 2001, William Hughes, CBE QPM became
24-655: The director-general before moving on to establish the Serious Organised Crime Agency as its founding director-general. Trevor Pearce CBE QPM previously deputy director-general took over as the third director-general before becoming an executive director and later director-general of the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The NCS headquarters was at Pimlico in London, with three Regional Operational Command Units: Northern, Eastern, and Western with an extensive residential property estate plus other premises. Other units were
30-641: Was dealt with by the Security Service (MI5) and Constabulary Special Branches coordinated by the Metropolitan Police Special Branch (MPSB). National Crime Squad The National Crime Squad ( NCS ) was a British police organisation which dealt with national and transnational organised and major crimes. Formed in April 1998 after the amalgamation of six former Regional Crime Squads, it merged with parts of HM Customs & Excise and
36-467: Was designed specifically to act against crime classified as both organised in performance and of a serious nature. Relevant groups were to include necessarily: The service received £138 million in funding during 1999. The unit was merged with the National Crime Squad and other agencies in 2006 to form SOCA . The Director General had no responsibility for terrorist responses, which at the time
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