Editing Cleveland Police (section)

== Force structure ==
As of September 2017, the force had 1,274 police officers, 278 police staff, 124 [[police community support officer]]s and 64 special constables.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2017|title=Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2017|work=GOV.UK|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> 

Cleveland Police area is divided into four local policing areas (LPAs), previously known as districts, which are coterminous with the four unitary authorities of [[Hartlepool (borough)|Hartlepool]], [[Middlesbrough (borough)|Middlesbrough]], [[Redcar and Cleveland]] and [[Stockton-on-Tees (borough)|Stockton-on-Tees]]. These LPAs are split between North and South of the River Tees for operational purposes.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request in July 2018, Cleveland Police published (in October 2018) the organisational structure of its 'Basic Command Units / Local Policing Units / District Policing Teams or equivalent'.  The chart shows the number of police officers of each rank assigned to each unit.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 October 2018|title=FOI Request – Organisational Structure|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/force_structure_37#incoming-1248775}}</ref>