Romanian police officers are starting to patrol London’s streets ahead of the lifting of #EU border controls on immigrants from the east European country in two months time. Under the arrangement officers from the Met will be able to have access to the national police computer in Romania to check on suspects. The officers have no policing powers to arrest suspects in the UK but will be able to share intelligence with their British counterparts. The Met has asked a number of EU countries if they would like to deploy officers on the streets of London, but Romania was the first to accept the invitation. Tens of thousands of people from Romania are expected to try to come to Britain once controls are lifted in January.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:39:31 +0000