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MERSEYSIDES police commissioner wants your views on a proposed £10 a year rise in Council Tax precept to help put more bobbies on the beat.

A new roads crime policing team is being created which will include specially trained armed officers in a bid to prevent serious crimes.

Cumbria Polices budget will rise by up to £6m next year following a fresh injection of Government funding into crimefighting in the county. The funding, announced by the Home Office on Thursday, is in part for the purpose of recruiting more officers, to support the Governments goal of swelling the ranks of the nations police forces by 20,000, by 2023. The boost, which equates to a five per cent rise in the forces total budget, was welcomed both by the countys Police and Crime Commissione...

New rural policing team for South Copeland A new dedicated neighbourhood policing team has been announced. The area – from Whitehaven to Millom – will benefit from Cumbria Constabulary’s expansion of neighbourhood policing. The force says officers will provide an enhanced visible presence and more capacity to respond to local concerns. Five dedicated officers will be deployed and will be based in the Network Centre on Salthouse Road, Millom. This has been made possible due to public suppo...

One community is set to benefit from a dedicated policing team being deployed to their town. Millom is the latest area to feature in Cumbria Constabularys expansion of neighbourhood policing, which gives officers the capacity to respond to local concerns more quickly and effectively. Five Whitehaven-based officers will be moved down to Millom, based in the Network Centre on Salthouse Road in the town, made possible with thanks to public support to increase the area of council tax that goe...

MILLOM is the latest place to feature in an expansion by Cumbria Constabulary of neighbourhood policing, with five new dedicated officers. The idea behind the neighbourhood policing plan is to provide an enhanced visible presence and more capacity to respond to local concerns. Five dedicated officers will be deployed from Whitehaven to the Millom area and will be based in the Network Centre on Salthouse Road. This has been made possible due to public support for an increase in the polic...