THE number of arrests made by police in Cumbria has dropped more than a third in the last decade, figures reveal. Data from the Home Office shows that Cumbria Constabulary carried out 7,394 arrests in the year to March compared with 11,428 in 2007/08. The tally for the latest 12-month period was three per cent down on the previous year.
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