BOOST: Dan St Quintin, Detective Inspector for Safeguarding at Cumbria Police DRUGS crime and antisocial behaviour are among the issues being better targeted as a result of a dramatic expansion in rural policing across Cumbria. Over the last year, dozens of officers have been relocated to rural communities such as Brampton, Longtown, and Keswick, strengthening police links with rural communites. The initiative was funded by Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Peter McCall through an increase in Council Tax and extra Government funding - part of the so-called Operation Uplift. Cumbria Police recruited 51 more officers in the first phase of the operation,which saw pilot schemes in areas of south Cumbria as well as in Brampton and Longtown.
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APPROVED: Policing budget approved for the next financial year CUMBRIA Police has received the approval of its budget that will carry it through the next financial year. Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall agreed to the details of the budget following support from the public, operational advice from the Chief Constable feedback and the support from the Police and Crime Panel. The precept for 2021-22 will increase by 55p a month for a band D property. Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Peter McCall said: “Increasing council tax is always as difficult decision and of course I would prefer not to have to raise the precept, but I have to be realistic in funding our police force.