The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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the different sources of the police

budget

in one British region and how the money was distributed in the year

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2017 and 2018. At first glance, it is clear

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that the

budget

that spent in the police force increased in 2018, with more spending

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technology and less

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salary. In more detail, compared to the 304.7

million

dollar

budget

in 2017, there was an increase in 2018 at 308.6

million

dollar spending

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the police. And one main source of the

budget

is

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government, from which the

budget

rose slightly from 175.5 to 177.6

million

dollars in 2017. The second major source was local taxes, from which the

budget

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significant rise from 91.2

million

dollars in 2017 to 102.3

million

dollars in 2018. In terms of how money was spent, salary accounted for the largest portion of the annual

budget

in both years, at 75% in 2017 and 69% in 2018 respectively.

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the percentage of salary was decreasing, the spending

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technology increased nearly double. It rose from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. And the percentage of spending

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building and transport remained unchanged at 17% in both 2017 and 2018.