Area for improvement A1
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary should introduce a central system to record and monitor CPD
HMICFRS
PEEL 2025–27: An inspection of Cumbria Constabulary
HMICFRS's 2025–27 PEEL assessment of Cumbria Constabulary, covering leadership, workforce, police powers, prevention, response, investigations, safeguarding, fraud and custody.
Summary written by this site.
Published 20 August 2026
PEEL Force Inspection
8 areas for improvement
Report on the HMICFRS site ↗ Report PDF ↗ Browse HMICFRS reports
Covers Cumbria Constabulary (its PEEL reports).
Areas for improvement 8
Area for improvement A2
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary should strengthen its approach to performance development and talent management
Area for improvement A3
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary needs to improve the accuracy and quality of its use of force recording and analysis to understand and address disproportionality
Area for improvement A4
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary needs to make sure it collects accurate data to allow it to understand how fairly it is using stop and search
Area for improvement A5
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary should improve supervisory oversight of use of force involving children
Area for improvement A6
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary should make sure neighbourhood policing abstractions are consistently and accurately recorded
Area for improvement A7
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary should make sure it consistently assigns the correct crime outcome type
Area for improvement A8
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The constabulary needs to adequately train investigators and call handlers to respond to fraud