INCIDENT: An air ambulance leaving the scene on Saturday. Picture by Lee Mason A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was airlifted to hospital with injuries believed to have been caused by a knife following a serious assault in Barrow on Saturday. A 13-year-old girl and a boy of 14 were arrested in connection with the incident on Jarrow Street and have since been released on bail. Two air ambulances were called to the incident, landing in Barrow Park. An eyewitness said they left at around 5pm. Another witness reported seeing road ambulances as well as ‘lots of police’ at the scene. Police were called to the scene by the North West Ambulance Service at around 2.50pm.
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ONE in three police officers has been threatened with Covid as a weapon, a new survey reveals. The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 2020 Demand, Capacity and Welfare survey also starkly revealed how officers are risking their own wellbeing in the line of duty by working longer hours under constant pressure and with limited access to rest and recuperation. Paul Williams, Cumbria Police Federation chairman, said: “The rise in assaults on police officers is completely unacceptable. “My hard working colleagues have been on the frontline throughout the pandemic, and unfortunately to hear that one in three officers have had the virus used against them as a weapon is a sick reflection on what officers have to face at work on a daily basis.
IT has been more than one year since Cumbria Police took on new recruits as part of a national operation, and the new officers have risen to the challenges thrown at them. Cumbria was the first county in the UK to take on new recruits as part of the Government s Operation Uplift scheme. The first nine new officers began their training in August 2019 and by January they were out in the communities across the county. One of the recruits, Chloe Carruthers, has taken on many significant pieces of work including a cross county fraud case, a home burglary, and a domestic violence case.
IT has been more than one year since Cumbria Police took on new recruits as part of a national operation, and the new officers have risen to the challenges thrown at them. Cumbria was the first county in the UK to take on new recruits as part of the Government s Operation Uplift scheme. The first nine new officers began their training in August 2019 and by January they were out in the communities across the county. One of the recruits, Chloe Carruthers, has taken on many significant pieces of work including a cross county fraud case, a home burglary, and a domestic violence case.