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<p>The Home Office published statutory guidance to support local policing to make
effective use of the powers in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
The guidance sets out the importance of focusing on the needs of the victim and the
local community, as well as ensuring that the relevant legal tests are met. This guidance
was updated in June 2022 to ensure a victim-centered approach to tackling ASB as well
as stronger use of the powers and tools in the 2014 Act.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables
and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives
respectively, to decide how best to respond to local priorities and to help ensure
the police have the resources they need; we have given them the biggest funding increase
in a decade and are enabling policing to recruit 20,000 additional officers over the
next three years.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, Staffordshire Police has recruited
265 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 300 officers.</p>
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