Police launch campaign to highlight Constabulary's good performance

Cumbria police have launched a poster campaign on public buses to keep
local communities informed of the Constabulary’s shining performance.

Buses across Barrow and Carlisle over the next month will be sporting the new posters which are designed to inform the public about the reduction in the top community priority across Cumbria – anti-social behaviour.

This follows the release of figures that reveal that there have been 1856 less victims of crime in Cumbria between October 2008–September 2009 compared to October 2007 – September 2008, and an incredible 4984 less incidents of anti-social behaviour reported to police in the county during the same period.

Chief Constable Craig Mackey said: “This reduction is fantastic news for the Constabulary and people of Cumbria, and as part of our policing pledge we want to keep our communities informed of the hard work that officers put into driving down crime across the county.

“This significant reduction in the volume of crime and anti-social behaviour we deal with would not be possible without the support of our communities and partners who work with us to identify and tackle local issues so effectively in Cumbria.

“By taking our message out onto the county’s roads and into the heart of communities, we hope that more and more people will be confident in the service we provide and will choose to get involved with tackling local priorities in the future.”