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<p>This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is
why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly
funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) to help tackle these crimes.</p><p>The NWCU provides
intelligence, analysis and investigative assistance to the police and other law enforcement
agencies across the UK to support them in investigating wildlife crime. This includes
supporting cases referred by Border Force to the National Crime Agency or to individual
forces. The NWCU is also the UK policing focal point for EUROPOL and INTERPOL wildlife
crime activity.</p><p>In addition, the National Police Chiefs’ Council Wildlife and
Rural Crime Strategy 2022-2025 provides a framework through which policing, and its
partners, can work together to tackle the most prevalent threats and emerging issues
which predominantly affect rural communities.</p><p>Training standards and the national
policing curriculum (covering initial training for all officers) are set by the College
of Policing to ensure all officers benefit from the same high standard of initial
training, regardless of which force they join. Officers undertake further training
and development in the course of their career, which may be tailored to their specific
role.</p><p>We do not currently have plans to incorporate wildlife crime into the
Policing Education Qualification Framework.</p>
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