More than 4,000 households and businesses have registered their doorbell or CCTV cameras to help assist in police investigations.

Cumbria Police said when a crime takes place, it has a system in place to see if nearby footage has captured vital evidence.

However, the force stressed that signing up did not not mean officers had remote access to cameras and information would “only be used to request footage if an incident were to occur”.

Officers are urging more people to sign up and help “significantly increase the speed of an investigation, as well as the likelihood of the offender being caught or vulnerable person safeguarded”.

reff:- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3endp151pvo