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Inspector joins Allerdale Neighbourhood Policing Team

Inspector Adrian Dobson has recently joined Allerdale Neighbourhood Policing team as its new Inspector. Inspector Dobson has worked for Cumbria Constabulary for nearly 12 years having initially joining in 2014 as a PCSO in Carlisle City Centre.  He joined as a response officer in Carlisle in 2016 before moving back to Neighbourhood Policing in 2019 and in in 202 became an acting Sergeant.  As a sergeant he's worked across response and custody before becoming an acting Inspector on response in Workington in May 2025 Speaking on his new role Insp Dobson said "I grew up in Allerdale and have predominantly lived within the area, bar three years at University. "Whilst I have worked across uniformed policing during my career, it has always brought me back to the Neighbourhood Policing and the direct work we carry out with our communities. "There is no denying that Allerdale and Cumbria as a whole has an enviable sense of community identity and I look forward to working with my team and partners to ensure we continue to respond effectively to our community priorities  and work together to keep Cumbria safe." Inspector Adrian Dobson - Allerdale Neighbourhood Policing Team

Essential News and Updates

PACT (Police And Communities Together) survey

Residents of Maryport, Flimby and Dearham area. If you have any ongoing neighbourhood problems in your area and would like us to consider them, or would like to meet to discuss them. We would like to invite all (within the enclosed area of the attached map) who live in the Maryport area, to fill out the linked community survey. This survey closes on Friday 20 February 2026 - Maryport Police And Communities Together. Community Priority Survey.

Police seize more than £14m of drugs in year-long crackdown on organised crime

Police took more than £14m of drugs off the streets of Cumbria last year under a forcewide crackdown on serious and organised crime.

Officers seizing high-harm substances including heroin, cocaine and amphetamine – and shut down a number of industrial-sized cannabis farms.

Opportunity to hand-in blank-firing weapons during national amnesty

Cumbria Police is supporting a national firearms amnesty which encourages people to safely hand-in previously lawful blank-firing weapons during the month of February.

Police forces across England and Wales will be holding a four-week firearms amnesty (February 2-27) for five models of side or top-venting (TVBFs) weapons manufactured by Bruni.

Community payback

Following teenagers making a nuisance of themselves in a shop in Maryport, this chap has been helping fix up a local eyesore for community payback. As always it makes a huge difference when the family support these punishments. Community payback is proven to reduce future offending and, for low-level and first-time offenders, can dramatically reduce the chances of them offending again in future.  Tthis can be a preferred option to prosecution as it gives the opportunity to learn from mistakes without ending up with the future impact of a criminal record.

Neurodiverse support

On 7 February, neurodiversity champion Pete Nichol and Shirley Murphy from Autism Support Allerdale and Copeland have visited families in Aspatria and Dearham who have had police contact and have people who may be neurodiverse. This is a process completely unique to Allerdale NPT and the charity. the visit lead to someone being sign posted for a diagnosis and the charity will follow up with aftercare for both visits.

Multiagency working

On 10 February, Flimby and Maryport officers joined Council staff and local MPs for a community walkabout following the recent funding awarded to the area. The visit was a great opportunity to start conversations about how this funding could be used to benefit residents and support local priorities. We look forward to continuing this work and helping shape positive changes for our communities.

Community Alcohol Partnership Our Community Alcohol Partnership has been named one of the best in the country! The council-led collaboration, which aims to reduce the harm caused to young people by alcohol, is the joint winner of the Community Alcohol Partnerships CAP of the year. We'd like to say a huge well done to all the CAP partners, who've worked tirelessly to help local children make the best choices. The award reflects their dedication. Look out for some great initiatives from the team this year! Full details here - Partnership wins national accolade | Cumberland Council

Internet safety day

As part of internet safety day and today PCSO Pete Nichol has been into Richmondhill school Aspatria to talk about online bullying and been safe online. He also spoke to the mini police about Neurodiversity as part of children mental health week.

Multiagency walkabout Aspatria

On 13 February, PCSO Pete Nichol and Aspatria Town Councillor Ray Gregory have been on a walk about in the town. They also met to talk about how the Police and Town Council can work together to support residents in Aspatria.

Safer Internet Day - Top tips to stay safe online

Cyber experts at Cumbria Police are reminding people of top tips to stay safe online as an annual day is held to promote internet security.

Safer Internet Day takes place on 10 February – and officers and staff in the county will be educating professionals, pupils and the public to tie in with the event.

Cyber crime and fraud is a growing concern for forces across the UK and advice is issued throughout the year aimed at keeping people safe online.

Key threats include online fraud and exploitation of people, particularly children and young people.

Cumbria Police’s Cyber and Digital Crime Unit has specialist officers who work to combat these threats.

The below tips are taken from the National Cyber Security Centre and are a good place to start.

• Protect your email by using a strong and separate password. Cyber criminals can use your email to access many of your personal accounts, leaving you vulnerable to identity theft.
• Install the latest software and app updates. Software and app updates contain vital security updates to help protect your devices from cyber criminals.
• Turn on 2-step verification (2SV). 2-step verification is recommended to help protect your online accounts.
• Use password managers. They can help you create and remember passwords.
• Back up your data. Safeguard your most important data, such as your photos and key documents, by backing them up to an external hard drive or a cloud-based storage system.
• Three random words. Use three random words to create a password that's difficult to crack. 

More advice here: Top tips for staying secure online - NCSC.GOV.UK

Our Priorities - You said, we did

Operation Enhance continued to keep the public safe over Christmas

Throughout December, Officers continued to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) as part of Operation Enhance. Between 1 December 2025 and 31 December 2025, ASB across all 15 hotspots in the county dropped by 16.2%. 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

Upcoming community
police events 🚓

📌Fairy Dust Emporium, Silloth
📆 Thu 19 February 2026
⏰ 11am - 12pm

📌 Maryport Library
📆 Tue 10 March 2026
⏰ 3pm - 4pm

📌 Aspatria Library
📆 Wed 18 March 2026
⏰ 11am - 12pm

For more information, please visit our website and enter your postcode in the Your Area section.

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