Editing Cleveland Police (section)

=== New force headquarters ===
[[File:Cleveland Police, Middlesbrough HQ - geograph.org.uk - 4017629.jpg|thumb|Cleveland Police HQ in Middlesbrough]]
On 31 January 2007, the new headquarters in Middlesbrough were opened, boasting a 50-cell custody unit including a purpose-built prevention of terrorism suite, one of only three in the country. It has been designed to increase the speed and safety of detainee handling with secure vehicle docking, video links to court and CCTV links in all cells for improved prisoner safety.

The Middlesbrough headquarters is the centrepiece of Cleveland Police Authority's multi-million pound [[private finance initiative]] project which has also seen a new headquarters for Redcar and Cleveland district and new town offices in Redcar and South Bank. The building, which was officially opened by the then [[Home Secretary]] [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]], is seen as not only the spearhead to policing Cleveland in the 21st century but also the gateway to the regeneration of the St Hilda's area of the town and the flagship [[Middlehaven]] project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.police.uk/news_resources/press_releases/070201_m_district_hq.htm|title=New Middlesbrough District Headquarters Up And Running|author=Cleveland Police|work=cleveland.police.uk|access-date=5 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714231238/http://www.cleveland.police.uk/news_resources/press_releases/070201_m_district_hq.htm|archive-date=14 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>