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<p>The Home Office funds the policing share of the main infrastructure costs of the
Emergency Services Network (the new communication system which will replace the current
Airwave system) through a reallocation within the police funding settlement. Police
& Crime Commissioners meet certain local costs, such as new handsets for officers,
from their general budgets. In 2016/17, the Home Office provided £33.1m direct to
Police and Crime Commissioners to assist with the modernisation of control rooms required
for the new communications system.</p>
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