By providing easy telephone access, the department could increase a defendant's likelihood of raising the needed cash.

He said the the department would also increase internal supervision of officers involved in processing new prisoners.

If every department increased spending by this amount, income tax would have to go up by 3p in the pound.

But the department has recently increased its attrition projections.

The department will also increase harbor patrols, the official said.

These have grown as the department has increased the money available and introduced more support schemes.

Overall, the department increased by 605 the number of students admitted to the 23 most-sought-after high school programs in the city.

From 1980 to 1999, a court order required that the department increase its numbers of black sergeants.

The department has also increased security around its garages.

But the department also increased the assessed values of this class by nearly 2 percent.