Safer Streets fund which invested millions in policing in West Mercia to come to an end

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Safer Streets fund which invested millions in policing in West Mercia to come to an end

WEST Mercia’s police and crime commissioner has called on the government to set out how it will support local policing as it announces an end of the Safer Streets fund. The Home Office has announced the fund, launched in 2020 with five different rounds, will not continue into the next financial year. West Mercia has benefited from millions of pounds of funding over the past four years which has focused on tackling public policing priorities incl…