Police forces must also invest in the skills of their workforce to be able to respond to the changing nature of crime. Evidence submitted by ADS Group Ltd stated that, according to a 2025 Police Foundation report, half of police officers surveyed didn’t believe they had adequate skills to investigate fraud.39 The Home Office also told us the proposed National Centre of Policing will work closely with police forces to build the market for specialist skills.40 In written evidence, ADS Group Ltd also recommended a more flexible approach, for example, secondments or analyst pathways into police forces to tap into complex specialist skills.41