The Chief Constable of Lancashire Police has visited Lancaster in the wake of protests in the city following the Southport knife attack.
Sacha Hatchett met with Lancaster City Council representatives on Wednesday.
This came after unrest in the city centre on Sunday when rival groups - an anti-illegal immigration protest and a counter-protesting Unity Rally - engaged in a tense stand off near the town hall separated by police.
This was followed by a march through the city centre to Lancaster Castle and back to Dalton Square, organised by a Lancaster man who said it that it was to "stand in solidarity with what's happened in Southport" and "all the illegal migration which has got to stop".
This protest had been publicised online by Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, co-founder of the far right-wing English Defence League.
The Lancaster protests did not turn violent, but there have been numerous instances of disorder, violence and arrests in other cities following the deaths of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29.
"We deployed a lot of our resources to the area over the weekend, and want to assure you that we continue to have a robust policing response in place to tackle possible disorder, but that we are also delivering our policing services as usual," said a Lancaster Area Police spokesperson.
"We know the past few days and weeks have left some people in our communities feeling concerned and vulnerable. We know others are worried about further protests and disruption.
"As the police, it is our responsibility to protect you and keep you safe. We would encourage people to go about their business as normal. We continue to police Lancashire as usual and as always, the priority is public safety."
Images from Lancaster Area Police.
Meanwhile Lancaster, Morecambe and District Labour Group has issued a statement following recent events.
They sent their "heartfelt condolences" to the families of the three girls who were killed, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, the other children injured or present at the dance workshop and the whole community of Southport, "who will live with the effects of these senseless murders for many, many years to come".
"We cannot begin to comprehend what you are experiencing," said their statement.
"It is painful to have to move on so swiftly to condemn the actions of a small minority of people who are abusing this tragic loss and using the memory of innocents who hadn’t learned to hate for their own ends, when we as a whole nation should be coming together to hold each other and mourn the loss of these three precious lives.
"Over the weekend, racist groups caused unrest in cities and towns throughout the UK.
"The majority of our local citizens have been horrified to witness the scenes on TV. The UK is a democratic country, proud of its ancestors who fought and won against fascism in two world wars.
"We are grateful that in Lancaster, the calls for peaceful protest were for the most part heeded, and we set out our thanks to the police for ensuring that a crowd of around 60 in Dalton Square, numbers inflated by fascist organisers from other towns, remained calm.
"Local youths attacked an asylum seeker's home and we extend our sympathies to those people who must be feeling threatened, and our thanks to those who have reassured them that they are welcome in our diverse town.
"The thugs do not represent us, they are not Lancaster and they do not represent British values.
"Lancaster and Morecambe are places that draw together in times of crisis. The cockle pickers lost 20 years ago continue to be remembered in the work of the Long Walk Home orchestra.
"The Covid pandemic brought out the best in us, with communities coming together to help our elders and neighbours.
"We are clear, Lancaster and Morecambe are places that benefit from immigration – our NHS depends on highly skilled migrants.
"Immigrants give far more than they take. Highly skilled asylum seekers and refugees have given their time freely to support youth programmes and paint our football ground among so much more. They are scientists, hairdressers, electricians, teachers.
"Asylum seekers in the UK for the most part have fled persecution to live in cramped conditions with only the essentials – that is the truth of the matter. To leave home, family and friends for this life demonstrates the genuine desperation and threat they face.
"We condemn the narrative that refugees and asylum seekers are the problem, and we condemn any threats to our community, our friends and their places of worship. We call this what it is: racism and Islamophobia.
"We invite our community to come together and celebrate the good. Volunteers providing music and sports sessions in our most deprived areas, the food bank volunteers feeding families who despite working hard still have to choose between heating and eating, those who maintain our green spaces for everyone to enjoy. We have come through hard times before and we will come through this."
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