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MERSEYSIDE'S 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 Police's 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 Government's goal of swelling the ranks of the nation's police forces by 20,000, by 2023. The boost, which equates to a five per cent rise in the force's total budget, was welcomed both by the county's Police and Crime Commissioner, Peter McCall, and the Cumbria Police Federation, which represents frontline officers. Mr M...

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 support for an increase in the police part of the council tax bill, proposed by Cumbria’s police and...

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 Constabulary's 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 goes to funding police. The increase was proposed by Cumbria’s police and crime commissioner Peter...