Left a great force to join another today. Heavy heart as I leave friends and colleagues @MerseyPolice who have been such a big part of my family’s life. Thank you so much. A photo of my father (top left) in 1966 with the all conquering Merseyside Police team.

To colleagues reflecting on challenging times, just think of the little 8yr old girl in Carlisle city centre who spent her Saturday walking along police lines @Cumbriapolice giving out her chocolates and thanking police officers for keeping her safe. Keep the faith.

13 arrests, 30 dispersals, over 70 stop and searches, high speed pursuits, over £100k recovered and a raft of additional arrests and charges (including a burglary series) as part of business as usual @Cumbriapolice Thanks to police officers and police staff 👏👏👏

One male sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for racially aggravated online violence posted 72hrs ago. 2 other males now charged with separate online posts inciting racial hatred & violence towards police officers. We are not anti-protest @Cumbriapolice but we are anti-crime.

RT @Cumbriapolice: A policing operation to protect people in Carlisle from potential planned disorder has resulted in six arrests. The proa…

I’ve just left @10DowningStreet after a meeting with the prime minister, Home Secretary & policing colleagues. I’m grateful to @Keir_Starmer for his support for my colleagues on the front line. I spoke to the media afterwards - my full statement - college.police.uk/article/co…

Responding to the publication of the HMICFRS’ Peel inspection report, Chief Constable, Rob Carden said: “We welcome HMICFRS’ PEEL inspection report, published today, which shares the findings of an independent, robust scrutiny process by a team of inspectors over the past year.

A clear endorsement of colleagues @Cumbriapolice @cumbriapfcc and efforts to serve the public in the best way possible. Thank you and well done 👏👏👏 Tough but very fair inspection @HMICFRS that gives us clarity on where we need to improve.

I cannot think of more deserving recognition @CR_Awards Superb performance from a leader who wants the best for the public and his staff. Nice one Graham, everyone @Cumbriapolice is delighted for you 👏👏👏

Huge congratulations to PC Dave Elliott @cheshirepolice @CheshirePCC winner of this year’s Response Police Officer of the Year Award #ResponsePolicing. An outstanding officer who has served the public in Cheshire for over 18 years (1200 arrests since 2010 and much more) 👏

Congratulations to our colleague @psni - runner up in the ferociously contested National Police Officer of the Year Award. A courageous, professional & highly motivated role model who flourishes in a unique policing environment. Big thanks to @ChiefConPSNI for a warm welcome 👏

Bryony has just over two years’ service @Cumbriapolice @cumbriapfcc and has already become a role model. Bryony was shortlisted in the final 12 officers nationally due to her proactivity, positivity, victim focus and outcome rates. Outstanding effort 👏👏👏#ResponsePolicing

Join us, 9pm TONIGHT to discuss #ResponsePolicing with @CumbriaChief #WeCops

Congratulations to PC Inderpal Sandhu @syptweet runner up in the National Response Officer of the Year Award #responsepolicing Leader, role model, proactivity, professionalism & victim care. 👏Thanks to our panel @AndyCookeHMCI Andy Rhodes @0scarkilo @CollegeofPolice @PFEW_HQ

Big thanks to colleagues @Cumbriapolice @cumbriapfcc for the proactivity (102 arrests & 222 stop searches) that helped to make the Appleby Horse Fair such a successful and safe event. The weekend also included the amazing 20,000 strong Dave’s Day tribute - a sight to behold 👏

Congratulations to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team @patterdaleMRT from @Cumbriapolice on 60 years of volunteering to brave danger and save lives.

RT @Cumbriapolice: We can confirm a further three arrests have been made today ( March 16 ) in relation to a report of a racially-aggravate…

Five arrested for drug driving in road safety partnership operation on the M6 The op concluded a two-week Traffic Patrol Officer course with a partnership op with the (DVSA) and Motor Insurance Bureau on the M6. More: orlo.uk/1HcOx

Warning⚠️: ‘Road Works’@Cumbriapolice @cumbriapcc ✅ Pursuit of OCG after high value theft - property recovered, x3 arrests. ✅ Pursuit after male fails to stop vehicle - c.10kg of drugs recovered, x1 arrest. ✅ Proactive vehicle stop - £125k cash seized, x1 arrest.

New Year and it would appear time to explain how Response Policing works again. 👀 Everyday when I come in we as a Sergeants Team work out the postings for the day. 🚔 What are postings? 🤷🏼‍♂️ So in The Metropolis we are lucky on response we can post *most* officers together in a vehicle. ✅ We do this because it’s the quickest way for them to get to calls and also to keep each other as safe as possible. 🚨 So for example this morning we paraded: 3 x Response Vans (1 Single Crewed) 6 x Response Cars 3 x Non Response Cars 1 x Appointment Car - Single Crewed. Their responsibility is to get to as many emergencies - immediate response calls as possible and also answer as many substantial or extended calls too. 🚔 An immediate response call has a 15 minute response time. 💨 Substantial - an hour response. 🚨 Extended - twenty four hour response. ⚠️ My job as the Section Sergeant - Section essentially means borough - is to make sure we are attending the right calls at the right time, based primarily on risk. 👀 As you can imagine it’s a pretty hectic job. 🫠 I enjoy it and it’s good fun, but London is a *very* busy place. 😅 By midday today: 2 x Vans off the road with detainees. 4 x Response Cars off the road with detainees or urgent paperwork. 1 x Non Response Car off the road at a sudden death. We hand over at 1400 to Late Turn so that left a single crewed van and one response car to cover any further Immediate Response calls. 🚔 Now the team worked their socks off today, got to as many outstanding and new calls as they could, but the reality is we cannot hit everything and unlikely ever will. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I also have to make decisions as I mentioned earlier about risk. 🚨 I might not like those decisions, but it’s the only way to manage call volume safely. ✅ So for example if someone has been assaulted and the suspect has left and there are no or only minor injuries and at the same time a domestic assault call comes in, I have to prioritise the domestic assault because at that time it carries more risk. 🚔 Sometimes the risks are higher. Sometimes I have to choose between deploying officers to a robbery in progress or someone threatening to take their own life. 👀 It’s not an easy job to do and it’s not easy for the response cops who want to get to and help everyone. 🫤 We truly try to do our best every shift to get to everything we can and when I left today 70% of the team were still sat writing away from the jobs they had been to. ✍️ There’s now almost 10 million people in London, more ways than ever before to report crime, and each day teams of Response Cops do their best to detect, deter and solve crime. 📱 I couldn’t be more proud of my old team and my new team, what they deal with, how they deal with it and their work ethic. 👏 So yes, we’d rather be there sooner, but it’s simply not always possible. #ThinBlueLine 🚨

The spirit of Christmas was tested on Christmas Eve @Cumbriapolice @cumbriapcc Very busy night with excellent arrests for numerous offences including public disorder, aggravated burglary, robberies and an acid attack. Huge thanks to colleagues for keeping communities safe.