Forces fail to claim full Taser funding from Home Office

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Forces fail to claim full Taser funding from Home Office

Met submitted highest bid and will get £2 million as £3.5 million of ring fenced cash left unspent.

Date - 2nd March 2020
By - Chris Smith

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North Yorkshire and Staffordshire did not submit bids for the £10 million ring-fenced taser funding leaving £3.3m unspent which the Home Office will now switch to tackling serious violence and County Lines gangs. Nearly 8,000 new Tasers...

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