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Welcome to the November edition of your Neighbourhood Policing Newsletter.
Our team continue to work hard to keep our community safe, connected, and informed.
From tackling anti-social behaviour and our area priorities it’s been a busy and productive few weeks.
Over the festive period we are running a number of operations to keep our communities safe.
We are also running media campaigns over the festive period to keep safety advice at the forefront of people’s minds, so they can take steps to protect themselves from crime.
Please follow the campaigns on our social media, share the messages and spark those important conversations with friends and family.
Inspector Steve Waddell
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Police and Communities Together Survey (PCAT) results - Keswick
We recently conducted a recent survey in relation to the Keswick area.
The data has been analysed and the following issues have been identified:
- Complaints of Fly Camping around Derwent Water - Police are working with partner agencies to agree a consistent response reports of fly camping, fires and littering
- ASB and Drug dealing in Keswick - This is an ongoing priority issue
- Road Safety concerns - Particularly relating to dangerous parking
Our local officers will continue to address these issues and respond to crime and disorder in your area and encourage the local community to continue to report any incidents.
We will be conducting a further survey in three months time.
Please continue to report any incidents of crime or anti-social behaviour as normal through our reporting options.
School talk on bullying and hate crime
PCSO Clare Parker has been into Broughton Moor school to talk about bully and hate crime.
The children learnt about how bullying can make people feel.
How you can report bullying.
How you can help to stop bullying.
Recognising the signs of bullying.
Always be kind!
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E-scooter talk at All Saints school
On 6 November, PCSO Clare Parker delivered a talk around E-scooters and off - road vehicles.
The students learnt about different vehicles that are illegal to use on pavements and roads.
Where can you ride an off - road vehicle? in your own garden or land that you own or someone else's land if they've given you permission. And designated moto track sites.
No one should ride an E-scooter in a public place.
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Bonfire night
Officers attended Cockermouth fireworks display at Memorial Gardens on 2 November, which was such a great event.
It was a lovely atmosphere and was very well attended.
Well done to all the organisers who made it happen and to everyone involve
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Keep your home secure this winter!
As the nights draw in, burglars look for easy opportunities. Make sure your home isn’t one of them.
Lock up, light up, and keep valuables out of sight.
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This gorgeous little dog was helping out officers on 12 November with joint trading standards visits across Workington, Maryport and Cockermouth.
It was certainly a good dog, finding a number of false walls and shelves where counterfeit cigarettes were being hidden.
On top of this, immigration offences were identified and an offensive weapon seized from one of the stores.
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OPERATION ENHANCE: ASB down by 4.1% in Allerdale hotspots following extra patrols
Police are continuing to drive down anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Allerdale hotspots. The area has seen a reduction in ASB by 4.1% in the last 12 months thanks to extra police patrols in two hotspot areas as part of Operation Enhance, that aims to tackle ASB and serious violence in hotspots across the county.
During our patrols we speak to residents of all ages, visit local businesses and maintain a visible presence around the town. See us hit the streets in our local patrol videos on social media.
Officers are out as part of Operation Enhance seven days a week across Cumbria. You might not always see us, but we’re there – with officers deployed daily in hotspot areas, tackling anti-social behaviour and serious violence. We’re out there, keeping communities safe. Want to see us in action? Head over to our Facebook page for videos of us out on patrol.
The Operation has been made possible thanks to £1 million of extra funding secured by David Allen, Cumbria’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner from the Government’s Hotspot Response Fund.
As part of the operation, the public is encouraged to report anti-social behaviour by visiting the constabulary’s website https://orlo.uk/gKvGc or our non-emergency number 101. In an emergency always call 999. Information and intelligence from the public is vital so we can work together to tackle issues in their communities.
Find out more about Operation Enhance: https://orlo.uk/ec9p7
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StreetSafe is a service that allows you to report safety concerns in public places without giving us your name.
This includes issues like poorly lit streets, abandoned buildings, or vandalism, as well as instances where you feel unsafe due to someone following or verbally abusing you.
Report an issue here: StreetSafe | Cumbria Police
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Upcoming community
police events 🚓
📌 Cockermouth Library
📆 Tue 18 November 2025
⏰ 2:00PM - 3:00PM
📆 Thu 18 December 2025
⏰ 10:00AM - 11:00AM
For more information, please visit our website and enter your postcode in the Your Area section.
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Your local officers
Want to know who your local officers are?
Simply go to our website - www.cumbria.police.uk
Scroll down the home page and you can browse different areas to see who your local team are - or enter your postcode.
Not only will you be able to find out who your named local officers and PCSOs are, you will also be able to view our local policing priorities and details of any meetings or events we will be attending.
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Have you ever thought about being a police officer?
You could make a real difference to people in Cumbria and help keep them safe.
Not sure if policing is for you?
This short quiz should be able to help ⬇️
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Which route is right for you?
⚪ Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship
Did you know you can join Cumbria Constabulary as a degree apprentice and work towards a degree whilst serving as a student officer with active frontline duties?
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⚪Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP)
This is a two year programme which gives a blend of practical on-the-job experience and classroom-based learning.
Once you leave training school, you will then go onto to your allocated station then eventually go onto independent patrols and will be assessed for the remainder of the two-year programme.
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⚪Professional Policing Degree Graduate (PPD)
To be eligible to apply, you will need to have taken a three-year BSc professional policing programme offered by universities that are licensed and validated to deliver the degree by the College of Policing.
For more information about the entry route and the role visit: Job profile
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⚪PCEP DC pathway
Our Detective entry programme (PCEP DC) is open for applications.
The two year programme is designed to equip you with all the skills and training necessary to ensure that on completion you will be a highly competent detective constable.
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⚪Transferees
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We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people to apply now to join us.
For more information on police officer entry routes and staff roles, please visit www.cumbria.police.uk/careers.
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Keswick man jailed for non-recent child sex abuse
A Keswick man who sexually abused two school-age boys in the 1970s has been jailed for six years following a police investigation.
Keith Taylor, aged 66, of Crow Park Road, was sentenced today (5 November) at Carlisle Crown Court for two indecent assaults on a boy, an act of gross indecency with a boy and a serious sexual offence against a boy.
An investigation was launched after two people spoke with police about what had occurred to them between 1974 and 1979. Read more here.
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Disqualified driver arrested after driving away from court in Workington
A driver who admitted drug driving and was disqualified from driving for 17 months, promptly got back in his car and was arrested again.
Joshua Michael Carey, 37, of Portinscale Village, near Keswick, appeared in court on Tuesday (14 Oct) charged with being over the limit for cocaine after officers stopped him whilst driving in Workington on 19 March 2025.
Workington Magistrates’ Court disqualified him from driving for 17 months and ordered him to undertake 40 hours of unpaid work.
Carey walked out of court and straight to his car – a yellow BMW parked nearby – before driving away from court. He was immediately spotted by officers in the Ramsey Brow area of Workington.
Read more here.
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Court upholds constabulary's decision to refuse shotgun certificate
Crown Court Judge upholds Cumbria Constabulary’s decision to refuse a shotgun certificate that was revoked over 12 years ago.
A former shotgun certificate holder has seen his appeal against the decision to refuse him a shotgun certificate, dismissed at a Crown Court hearing in Carlisle on Tuesday 4 November.
The Court upheld Cumbria Constabulary’s decision, finding that reasoning for the refusal was sound and properly made out and that the appellant demonstrates a danger to public safety, due to historic offending and behaviours in relation to his previous period as a certificate holder. Read more here.
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Please report any incidents of crime or anti-social behaviour to us, to help us keep Cumbria safe.
If a crime is in progress always call 999.
You can report online at https://www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it
Our online Live Chat function is a new service giving you an alternative way to communicate with a Police Officer in real time. More here.
You can also phone on 101.
Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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