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<p>We are providing £144 million over the spending review period to uplift our armed
policing capability and capacity, in order to respond more quickly and effectively
to a firearms attack. The first phase of the armed uplift is complete, providing an
additional 41 Armed Response Vehicles and around 650 armed officers. The next phase
- an increase in Counter Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers - is expected to complete
by the end of 2018. Not only are the numbers of specialist armed officers increasing
but they are now better trained and equipped to deal with a wider range of terrorist
attacks.</p>
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