The table and the pie charts illustrate the police budget and how the money was spent.
Overall, the police budget had more money in 2018 than in 2017. In spending the budget, the government spent more money on technology in 2018 than in 2017, while less of the budget was spent on salaries in 2018 than in 2017. Moreover, the same amount of money was expended on buildings and transport in both years.
Focusing on the table, the budget of the national government had slightly more money in 2018 (177.8m) than in 2017 (175.5m), while the budget from local taxes had a significant increase from 91.2m in 2017 to 102.3m in 2018. The budget from other sources also had a moderate increase in 2018, from 38m to 38.5m.
Turning to the pie charts that show how the money was spent, 75% of it was expended on salaries of officers and staff in 2017, while 69% of the money was allocated to salaries in 2018. Another disparity between the two charts shows that the money allocated for technology was 8% of the total in 2017, but it increased slightly in 2018, reaching 14%. The money allocated for buildings and transport maintained its similarity in both years, at 17%.