|electeetype = [[Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner|Police and crime commissioner]]
|electeetype = [[Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner|Police and crime commissioner]]
|minister1name = [[David Allen (police commissioner)|David Allen]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|minister1name = [[David Allen (police commissioner)|David Allen]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|chief1name = Rob Carden
|chief1name = Darren Martland
|chief1position = [[Chief constable]]
|chief1position = [[Chief constable]]
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There are significant areas of isolated and rural community, and the area has one of the smallest visible minority ethnic populations in the country at under 3.0%. Each year, the force's area, which incorporates the [[Lake District National Park]], attracts over 23{{nbsp}}million visitors from all over the world (46 times the local population). The area has {{convert|67|mi|km}} of motorway and some {{convert|700|mi|km}} of trunk and primary roads.
There are significant areas of isolated and rural community, and the area has one of the smallest visible minority ethnic populations in the country at under 3.0%. Each year, the force's area, which incorporates the [[Lake District National Park]], attracts over 23{{nbsp}}million visitors from all over the world (46 times the local population). The area has {{convert|67|mi|km}} of motorway and some {{convert|700|mi|km}} of trunk and primary roads.
The [[chief constable]] is Rob Carden.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cumbria.police.uk/About-Us/Chief-Constable-Rob-Carden.aspx |title=Chief Constable – Rob Carden |work=Cumbria Constabulary |access-date=2018-05-29 |language=en-gb}}</ref> The headquarters of the force are at Carleton Hall, [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]].
The [[chief constable]] is Darren Martland.<ref name="Martland">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cumbria.police.uk/police-forces/cumbria-constabulary/areas/about-us/about-us/our-people/our-people/deputy-chief-constable-darren-martland/ |title=Chief Constable – Darren Martland |work=Cumbria Constabulary |access-date=2018-05-29 |language=en-gb|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319050420/https://www.cumbria.police.uk/police-forces/cumbria-constabulary/areas/about-us/about-us/our-people/our-people/deputy-chief-constable-darren-martland/ |archive-date=2025-03-19}}</ref> The headquarters of the force are at Carleton Hall, [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]].
== History ==
== History ==
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In 1974 the force's boundaries were expanded to include the new [[non-metropolitan county]] of Cumbria, in particular [[Furness]] and [[Sedbergh Rural District]].
In 1974 the force's boundaries were expanded to include the new [[non-metropolitan county]] of Cumbria, in particular [[Furness]] and [[Sedbergh Rural District]].
The Home Secretary proposed on 6 February 2006 to merge it with Lancashire Constabulary. These proposals were accepted by both forces on 25 February and the merger would have taken place on 1 April 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4745186.stm |title=Police force merger is approved |date=24 February 2006 |access-date=3 April 2011 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> However, in July 2006, the Cumbria and Lancashire forces decided not to proceed with the merger because the Government could not remedy issues with the differing council tax precepts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/5166992.stm |title=Forces back out of merger plans |date=10 July 2006 |access-date=3 April 2011 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
The Home Secretary proposed on 6 February 2006 to merge it with Lancashire Constabulary. These proposals were accepted by both forces on 25 February and the merger would have taken place on 1 April 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4745186.stm |title=Police force merger is approved |date=24 February 2006 |access-date=3 April 2011 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> However, in July 2006, the Cumbria and Lancashire forces decided not to proceed with the merger because the Government could not remedy issues with the differing council tax precepts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/5166992.stm |title=Forces back out of merger plans |date=10 July 2006 |access-date=3 April 2011 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
===Chief constables===
===Chief constables===
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* 1991{{ndash}}1997: Alan Elliott<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/death-at-65-of-ex-cumbria-police-chief.300726.html |title=Death at 65 of ex-Cumbria police chief |work=Cumberland and Westmorland Herald |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143634/http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/death-at-65-of-ex-cumbria-police-chief.300726.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1991{{ndash}}1997: Alan Elliott<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/death-at-65-of-ex-cumbria-police-chief.300726.html |title=Death at 65 of ex-Cumbria police chief |work=Cumberland and Westmorland Herald |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143634/http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/death-at-65-of-ex-cumbria-police-chief.300726.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1997{{ndash}}2001: Colin Phillips<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/police-chief-retires-to-take-up-new-challenge.200909.html |title=Police Chief Retires to Take Up New Challenge |work=Cumberland and Westmorland Herald |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143809/http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/police-chief-retires-to-take-up-new-challenge.200909.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1997{{ndash}}2001: Colin Phillips<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/police-chief-retires-to-take-up-new-challenge.200909.html |title=Police Chief Retires to Take Up New Challenge |work=Cumberland and Westmorland Herald |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143809/http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/police-chief-retires-to-take-up-new-challenge.200909.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2001{{ndash}}2007: Michael Baxter<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6252866.stm |title=County's chief constable retires |publisher= BBC News |date=29 June 2007 |access-date=21 June 2018}}</ref>
* 2001{{ndash}}2007: Michael Baxter<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/6252866.stm |title=County's chief constable retires |publisher= BBC News |date=29 June 2007 |access-date=21 June 2018}}</ref>
* 2007{{ndash}}2012: Craig Thomas Mackey
* 2007{{ndash}}2012: Craig Thomas Mackey
* 2012{{ndash}}2013: Stuart Hyde<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-23888314 |title= Stuart Hyde to fight attempt to make him leave police |publisher=BBC News |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2012{{ndash}}2013: Stuart Hyde<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-23888314 |title= Stuart Hyde to fight attempt to make him leave police |publisher=BBC News |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2014{{ndash}}2018: Jerry Graham<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Cumbrias-chief-constable-to-retire-a-year-early-4817177d-6fb8-4535-b23a-01cb22788b80-ds |title= Cumbria's chief constable to retire a year early |date= 8 December 2017 |publisher=News & Star |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2014{{ndash}}2018: Jerry Graham<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Cumbrias-chief-constable-to-retire-a-year-early-4817177d-6fb8-4535-b23a-01cb22788b80-ds |title= Cumbria's chief constable to retire a year early |date= 8 December 2017 |publisher=News & Star |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2018{{ndash}}2023: Michelle Skeer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/border/2016-02-26/who-is-cumbria-police-chief-michelle-skeer/ |title=Who is Cumbria Police Chief Michelle Skeer? |work=Border – [[ITV News]] |date=26 February 2016 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cumbria.police.uk/About-Us/Chief-Constable-Michelle-Skeer.aspx |title=Chief Constable – Michelle Skeer |publisher=Cumbria Constabulary |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=30 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530034746/https://www.cumbria.police.uk/About-Us/Chief-Constable-Michelle-Skeer.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2018{{ndash}}2023: Michelle Skeer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/border/2016-02-26/who-is-cumbria-police-chief-michelle-skeer/ |title=Who is Cumbria Police Chief Michelle Skeer? |work=Border – [[ITV News]] |date=26 February 2016 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cumbria.police.uk/About-Us/Chief-Constable-Michelle-Skeer.aspx |title=Chief Constable – Michelle Skeer |publisher=Cumbria Constabulary |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=30 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530034746/https://www.cumbria.police.uk/About-Us/Chief-Constable-Michelle-Skeer.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2023{{ndash}}present: Rob Carden<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cumbria.police.uk/police-forces/cumbria-constabulary/areas/about-us/about-us/our-people/our-people/deputy-chief-constable-rob-carden/ |publisher=Cumbria Constabulary |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>
* 2023{{ndash}}2025: Rob Carden<ref>{{cite web |title=Chief Constable Rob Carden {{!}} Cumbria Police |url=https://www.cumbria.police.uk/police-forces/cumbria-constabulary/areas/about-us/about-us/our-people/our-people/deputy-chief-constable-rob-carden/ |publisher=Cumbria Constabulary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322121629/https://www.cumbria.police.uk/police-forces/cumbria-constabulary/areas/about-us/about-us/our-people/our-people/deputy-chief-constable-rob-carden/ |archive-date=2025-03-22 |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>
* 2025{{ndash}}Present: Darren Martland<ref name="Martland"/>
===Officers killed in the line of duty===
===Officers killed in the line of duty===
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* On 3 July 1915, Reserve Police Constable Andrew Johnstone was on duty near Carlisle railway station when he reported to his sergeant that he was feeling ill. He was told to make his way home, but he never arrived and was found drowned in a dammed river in [[Denton Holme]].
* On 3 July 1915, Reserve Police Constable Andrew Johnstone was on duty near Carlisle railway station when he reported to his sergeant that he was feeling ill. He was told to make his way home, but he never arrived and was found drowned in a dammed river in [[Denton Holme]].
* The force's first, and to date only, [[List of British police officers killed in the line of duty|murder of an officer]] occurred on 10 February 1965. Constable George William Russell, aged 36, was fatally shot when, unarmed and knowing that colleagues had already been fired on, he confronted an armed suspect and called upon him to surrender at the railway station in [[Kendal]]. Russell was posthumously awarded the [[Queen's Police Medal]] for gallantry and a memorial plaque has been unveiled on a wall at Carlisle Cathedral.<ref name="policememorial.org.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.policememorial.org.uk/index.php?page=cumbria-constabulary |title=Incorporated by Royal Charter the Police Roll of Honour Trust is the official source of the United Kingdom's Police Roll of Honour. Lest We Forget |publisher=Police Roll of Honour Trust |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
* The force's first, and to date only, [[List of British police officers killed in the line of duty|murder of an officer]] occurred on 10 February 1965. Constable George William Russell, aged 36, was fatally shot when, unarmed and knowing that colleagues had already been fired on, he confronted an armed suspect and called upon him to surrender at the railway station in [[Kendal]]. Russell was posthumously awarded the [[Queen's Police Medal]] for gallantry and a memorial plaque has been unveiled on a wall at Carlisle Cathedral.<ref name="policememorial.org.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.policememorial.org.uk/index.php?page=cumbria-constabulary |title=Incorporated by Royal Charter the Police Roll of Honour Trust is the official source of the United Kingdom's Police Roll of Honour. Lest We Forget |publisher=Police Roll of Honour Trust |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
* [[File:England - Cumbria Constabulary (oblong) (6421763633).jpg|thumb|Cumbria Constabulary Patch]]PC Nick Dumphreys was killed on duty on 26 January 2020, when his car crashed whilst responding to an emergency call in the [[Carlisle]] area. PC Dumphreys was part of Cumbria Constabulary's [[roads policing unit]]. <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-51259321 |title=Police officer dies in motorway crash |date=2020-01-27 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2020-01-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/2020-01-26/cumbria-police-vehicle-involved-in-a-crash-on-m6-road-will-be-closed-for-several-hours/|title=Police car involved in serious crash on M6 near Carlisle |website=ITV News |date=26 January 2020 |language=en |access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> In September 2022, the cause of the crash was determined to be an inherent problem with BMW engines {{ndash}} an oil leak at high speed spilling onto the wheels and causing him to lose control at {{convert|130|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/21873566.coroner-sums-pc-nick-dumphreys-m6-tragedy-inquest/ | work = News & Star | title = Coroner sums up in PC Nick Dumphreys M6 tragedy inquest | date = 17 September 2022 | first = Phil | last = Coleman | access-date = 28 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[File:England - Cumbria Constabulary (oblong) (6421763633).jpg|thumb|Cumbria Constabulary Patch]]PC Nick Dumphreys was killed on duty on 26 January 2020, when his car crashed whilst responding to an emergency call in the [[Carlisle]] area. PC Dumphreys was part of Cumbria Constabulary's [[roads policing unit]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-51259321 |title=Police officer dies in motorway crash |date=2020-01-27 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2020-01-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/2020-01-26/cumbria-police-vehicle-involved-in-a-crash-on-m6-road-will-be-closed-for-several-hours/|title=Police car involved in serious crash on M6 near Carlisle |website=ITV News |date=26 January 2020 |language=en |access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> In September 2022, the cause of the crash was determined to be an inherent problem with BMW engines {{ndash}} an oil leak at high speed spilling onto the wheels and causing him to lose control at {{convert|130|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/21873566.coroner-sums-pc-nick-dumphreys-m6-tragedy-inquest/ | work = News & Star | title = Coroner sums up in PC Nick Dumphreys M6 tragedy inquest | date = 17 September 2022 | first = Phil | last = Coleman | access-date = 28 July 2024}}</ref>
== Organisation ==
== Organisation ==
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The force serves a population of 500,000 across an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
There are significant areas of isolated and rural community, and the area has one of the smallest visible minority ethnic populations in the country at under 3.0%. Each year, the force's area, which incorporates the Lake District National Park, attracts over 23Script error: No such module "String".million visitors from all over the world (46 times the local population). The area has Script error: No such module "convert". of motorway and some Script error: No such module "convert". of trunk and primary roads.
The chief constable is Darren Martland.[3] The headquarters of the force are at Carleton Hall, Penrith.
Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary was formed in 1856. In 1947 this force absorbed Kendal Borough Police. Less than 20 years later this amalgamated force absorbed Carlisle City Police to form a force broadly the same as today's force called the Cumberland, Westmorland and Carlisle Constabulary. In 1965, it had an establishment of 652 and an actual strength of 617.[4] In 1967 the force name was changed to Cumbria Constabulary.
The Home Secretary proposed on 6 February 2006 to merge it with Lancashire Constabulary. These proposals were accepted by both forces on 25 February and the merger would have taken place on 1 April 2007.[5] However, in July 2006, the Cumbria and Lancashire forces decided not to proceed with the merger because the Government could not remedy issues with the differing council tax precepts.[6]
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The Police Roll of Honour Trust and Police Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty. Since its establishment in 1984, the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers.[17]
On 3 July 1915, Reserve Police Constable Andrew Johnstone was on duty near Carlisle railway station when he reported to his sergeant that he was feeling ill. He was told to make his way home, but he never arrived and was found drowned in a dammed river in Denton Holme.
The force's first, and to date only, murder of an officer occurred on 10 February 1965. Constable George William Russell, aged 36, was fatally shot when, unarmed and knowing that colleagues had already been fired on, he confronted an armed suspect and called upon him to surrender at the railway station in Kendal. Russell was posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal for gallantry and a memorial plaque has been unveiled on a wall at Carlisle Cathedral.[17]
File:England - Cumbria Constabulary (oblong) (6421763633).jpgCumbria Constabulary PatchPC Nick Dumphreys was killed on duty on 26 January 2020, when his car crashed whilst responding to an emergency call in the Carlisle area. PC Dumphreys was part of Cumbria Constabulary's roads policing unit.[18][19] In September 2022, the cause of the crash was determined to be an inherent problem with BMW engines Template:Ndash an oil leak at high speed spilling onto the wheels and causing him to lose control at Script error: No such module "convert"..[20]
Organisation
In terms of operational policing, the force is divided into two commands – the Territorial Policing Command and the Crime Command, each headed by a Chief Superintendent.[21]
This command is further divided into three geographic Territorial Policing Areas (TPAs) to cover the county, an operational support section and a command and control section. Each TPA is led by a Superintendent and is further divided into districts and then teams for the purposes of neighbourhood policing. The major elements of the Territorial Policing Command are as follows:
North Territorial Policing Area
Responsible for neighbourhood and response policing across the following geographic areas:
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