High Furness

The Ulverston Community Team have been busy with high-visibility mobile patrols to combat rural crime, particularly illegal off-roading. Incidents continue to be reported to us and a longer term strategy is being planned to address this issue.

Our dedicated operation targeting theft from rural areas, codenamed Operation Lantern, continues. Residents are reminded to ensure that vehicles, tools and machinery are secured. Don’t make it easy for thieves. As part of our operation we will continue to patrol our rural communities to prevent incidents from occurring. 

Sheep Worrying

Sheep worrying is a criminal offence. Dogs chasing or attacking sheep can cause a great deal of stress, miscarriages, horrific injuries or even death. Dogs caught worrying sheep can be shot in order to protect the lives of livestock. Those in control or ownership of the dog can be prosecuted and the courts have the power to impose a destruction order on your dog.

Cartmel Peninsula

The Ulverston Community Team have been busy carrying out high-visibility patrols of Grange, Allithwaite, Lindale, Flookburgh and Cartmel. The half-term holidays have been busy with tourists and local members of the community. 

We have also been busy in local schools providing inputs on internet safety and keeping safe.

The Police Desk at the Victoria Hall in Grange has restarted after the recent reductions due to the pandemic.

This time of year in rural areas, dog owners need to be vigilant about keeping dogs on leads around livestock.

Lambing season is underway. As our message in the High Furness section, please remember to keep your dogs under control as sheep worrying is a criminal offence.

Swarthmoor and Low Furness

A590 Cross-a-Moor junction improvement scheme (roundabout) Pennington School.

The community laser has been used around the area of Pennington School to monitor the speed of vehicles following the diversions during the continued highways improvements. There are still concerns some motorists are using the back lanes as a short-cut and not driving according to the conditions and location. These lanes are used by families taking children to school and are also busy with the farming community. Please be mindful of pedestrians, cyclists, walkers and farmers and their livestock.

We would like to remind all parents and carers to park responsibly at the school, avoiding dropping off on the keep clear markings .  

Regular patrols are continuing in response to motorists failing to adhere to the pedestrian crossing lights. Swarthmoor residents are still concerned the village is being used as a cut through and rat run. This is being monitored by Highways England and speed checks are being carried out by the police.

Community Speed Watch continues at Great Urswick and new volunteers have been identified for the Gleaston, Baycliff and Scales areas and the training of these new volunteers will go ahead next month.

We have had some reports of anti-social behaviour and low-level crime in the Great Urswick area and a StreetSafe event is due to be carried out next month. StreetSafe is a multi-agency approach to engaging with the community to establish their concerns. Once concerns have been identified we and our partner agencies apply a problem solving model to address these issues.

The monthly Police Desk continues at Great Urswick Parish Rooms and any concerns or issues can be reported at this drop-in. The next police desk will be held on Friday 18th March, 9.30am to 11.30am (Post code  LA12 0TA).

Ulverston

Following reports of groups of youths in Ulverston, officers have been actively patrolling the town centre to discourage any anti-social behaviour. 

Many of the young people we meet only want to meet up with friends, but these groups can be intimidating to some members of the public.

We will be running our Police Desks again at Ulverston Library, this will take place the first Monday of the month - times to be advised.  We will be there to answer your questions and we look forward to seeing you. 

We would also like to remind residents about cold callers /scams. Please exercise extreme caution if you are approached by door-step sellers. Please look out for elderly neighbours, family members or anyone who may be  vulnerable or isolated within our community.  Further advice on cold calling/scams can be obtained from the community team via 101 or Citizens Advice Consumer helpline (Trading standards) 0808 223 1133.

Operation Movie 2: The work of our Management of Sexual Offenders and Violent Offenders teams

We are highlighting their unseen police work to protect vulnerable people in the community. The focus of the ongoing Operation MOVIE 2 campaign has moved to the invaluable work of the Constabulary’s MOSOVO department. Read more here & here.

Driving distracted is never worth the risk

The wife of a man killed in a collision in 2016 is urging people not to use their phones whilst driving.

Driver distraction can be deadly and using a hand-held phone at the wheel is never worth the risk with drivers four times more likely to be involved in a collision.

Read more here.

The latest from T/ACC Blackwell

One of our most senior officers will be posting regular blogs to keep you updated on some of the work the Constabulary is undertaking.

In his latest blog, Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Jonny Blackwell discusses the growing the number of police officers in Cumbria, the positives for the public – and the hard work and dedication of officers and staff throughout the pandemic.

Read more here.