Everything about Cumbria Constabulary totally explained
Cumbria Constabulary is the
Home Office police force in
England covering
Cumbria. It is currently the fifth largest force in
England and Wales terms of
geographic area (2,268
sq miles) but one of the smallest in terms of officer numbers. Given the force area's size and population of just under 500,000, it's relatively sparsely populated. The only major urban areas are
Carlisle and
Barrow-in-Furness. These conditions set specific challenges for the force.
There are significant areas of isolated and rural community, and the county has one of the lowest visible minority ethnic populations in the country at under 1.0% (not including Barrow-in-Furness - 3.1% Non-White, and Carlisle 2.1% Non-White). Each year
Cumbria, which incorporates the
Lake District National Park, attracts over 23 million visitors from all over the world. The county has 67 miles of motorway and some 700 miles of trunk and primary roads.
The force has over 1,200 police officers, 120
special constables and 800 police staff. The
Chief Constable is Craig Mackey. The headquarters of the force are at Carleton Hall,
Penrith.
Under proposals made by the Home Secretary on February 6, 2006, it would have been merged with Lancashire Constabulary. These proposals were accepted by both forces on February 25, and the merger would have taken place on April 1, 2007.
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). However, in July 2006, both Cumbria and Lancashire Constabularies decided not to proceed with the merger because the Government couldn't remedy issues with the differing council tax precepts that left both forces unable to proceed.
Organisation
The force is divided into 3 areas called
basic command units (BCUs) which provide the majority of policing services to the county. Each BCU is commanded by a
Chief Superintendent and is further divided in into local policing teams (LPTs) each headed by an
Inspector. There are 19 LPTs throughout the force and these units provide the 24 hour patrol officers, dedicated local community beat officers and other local policing services.
The force is presently divided as follows:
North Cumbria BCU containing the following LPTs:
South Cumbria BCU containing the following LPTs:
Kendal Town
Kendal Rural
Windermere and Lakes
Ulverston and Furness
Barrow
West Cumbria BCU containing the following LPTs:
Copeland Rural
Keswick
Cockermouth
Whitehaven
Maryport
Workington
Wigton
There are 26 police stations located throughout the force.
Specialist Departments
There are 9 non-operational departments based at headquarters. These are:
Operational Support
Finance and Resources
Personnel and Development
Professional Standards
Legal Services
Information Technology and Management
Strategic Development
Partnerships
Programme Management
There are also a number of forcewide operational specialist units within Cumbria Constabulary.
Mobile Support Group
The main role of the Mobile Support Group is road policing on the motorway network and main roads. The group has 107 officers located at Carlisle, HQ, Workington, Kendal and Ulverston.
They are highly trained in a number of specialized areas including advanced driving techniques, pursuit management, accident investigation, armed response, speed enforcement technology and transport of hazardous goods legislation.
Collision Investigation Unit
The Collision Investigation Unit was formed in 1998. It is responsible for dealing with all road deaths throughout the Constabulary area working in conjunction with officers from the Mobile Support Group.
Dog Unit
The dog unit is made up of 18 constables who are handlers for 18 general purpose dogs. Six of these officers also have specialist dogs, such as firearms, drugs and explosive dogs.
History
Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary can trace its history back to 1856. In 1947 this force merged with Kendal Borough Police. Less than 20 years later this amalgamated force merged with Carlisle City Police to form a force broadly the same as today's force. In 1967 the force name was changed to Cumbria Constabulary.
In 1974 the force's boundaries were expanded to include the entirety of the new non-metropolitan county of Cumbria, in particular Furness and Sedbergh Rural District.
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