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<p>This Government is giving forces the resources they need to police local communities
and fight crime.</p><p>At the end of March 2023, we successfully delivered our commitment
to recruit 20,000 additional officers in England and Wales, which means we now have
the highest number of officers on record.</p><p>Decisions about how these officers
are deployed are for Chief Constables, who are accountable to locally elected Police
and Crime Commissioners and mayors with these functions.</p>
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