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of the police
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in 2017 and 2018
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in 2017 and 2018. Generally speaking, it is obvious that the total
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for the police increased.
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was allocated to salaries for employees. With regard to the
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, in 2017,
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government gave 175.5m
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only provided 38m.
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given by the national government grew to 177.8m .
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only rose slightly to 38.5m.
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considerable growth in local taxes, from 91.2m to 102.3m. In terms of the pie charts ,
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75%
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salaries in 2017, it decreased moderately to 69% in 2018.
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for technology accounted for 8% and
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14% in 2018. Meanwhile, buildings and transport made up
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17% in both years.
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    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
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