Police welcome new hub that brings emergency services together
16/03/2021
The multi-million pound Furness Peninsular Blue Light Hub, located next to the A590 in Ulverston, is a combined emergency response centreÂ
Police in Cumbria have welcomed the opening of a hub that brings emergency services together.
The Ulverston-based hub will host all three blue light emergency services with police officers operational from April 1.
The hub opened on March 8, creating an operational base which will bring together the countyâs police, fire and rescue and ambulance services under one roof.
The police officers being placed in Ulverston will be the newest team to join the pilot programme of reintroducing officers being deployed from the rural communities in which they serve.
How Cumbria police put Carlisle drug gang of seven behind bars
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Police in Cumbria say a court case that saw seven people jailed for nearly 40 years and drugs worth more than £300,000 seized should send a stark warning to criminals.
Cumbria Policeâs Serious and Organised Crime Unit smashed the set-up of a major Carlisle-based crime group after launching Operation Oberlin as part of the work going on every day to tackle drugs trafficking and supply in the county.
During three separate parts of the operation, investigations by officers led to drugs including cocaine, cannabis and MDMA being seized, along with cash totalling more than £60,000 and items including an imitation firearm, knuckle dusters and Rolex watches worth thousands of pounds.
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