Category: Justice
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Domestic abuse experts now in 999 control room
30 June 2026 Victims of domestic abuse in Teesside will receive faster specialist support when they dial 999, after Cleveland Police has become one of the latest forces to embed dedicated domestic abuse experts in its control room under the Labour Government’s rollout of Raneem’s Law. The move delivers on a…
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£500k in criminal cash recovered
19 June 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed new figures showing Cleveland Police have taken over £500,000 in cash from criminals over the last two years, and frozen or recovered a further £3.2 million in criminal assets. The force’s Economic Crime Unit has used ‘proceeds of crime’ powers to target…
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Wheels of justice: ‘Trojan Bus’ deployed to tackle ASB
1st June 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed another plain clothes police operation on buses across south Middlesbrough, following antisocial behaviour on local routes last year. Middlesbrough South Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out the operation over the weekend, with support from Stagecoach. Plain clothes officers travelled on ‘Trojan buses’ across…
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Luke meets new police officers in Guisborough
17 April 2026 Residents in Guisborough today spoke with some of Cleveland Police’s new PCSOs and officers at their community safety drop-in at Sunnyfield House. Dozens of extra neighbourhood officers and PCSOs have been rolled out across Cleveland – putting visible policing back on the streets. A total of 48…
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Bobbies back on the beat: 48 more PCSOs deployed in Cleveland
7 April 2026 More police are back on the streets across the country after the Government hit its target to boost neighbourhood policing ahead of schedule. Published today, new figures show over 3,000 additional neighbourhood officers and PCSOs have been put into local roles since April last year, two months…
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Labour gives Redcar & Cleveland £500k CCTV boost
2 March 2026 A major £500,000 investment in new CCTV has been delivered across Redcar & Cleveland, funded by the Labour Government as part of its drive to make communities safer and tackle anti-social behaviour. More than 200 cameras are now in place following a full upgrade of the system…
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Closing the door on antisocial behaviour in the Brickyards
This week (28 December 2025), a closure order has been secured on a property on Jackson Street in Brotton, following sustained drug activity and serious antisocial behaviour that had been blighting the lives of neighbours. The order, granted by the courts, will see the tenant excluded from the address for…
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Luke Myer MP welcomes impact of Project Orme in East Middlesbrough
Luke Myer MP has welcomed new figures showing a significant reduction in crime following the first year of Project Orme, a multi-agency operation focused on tackling organised crime and improving safety in parts of East Middlesbrough. Figures released by Cleveland Police show that total crime across the East Middlesbrough area…
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Luke Myer MP helps pass reforms to speed up courts
Today (1 Dec 2025) Luke Myer MP served on a committee in Parliament which approved new regulations to strengthen the way judges are appointed in England and Wales. The reforms increase the Judicial Appointments Commission’s capacity to recruit judges, ensuring more judges are able to be recruited more quickly. The…
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New Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee brings named officers for every community
27th August 2025 Residents across Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland now have a named neighbourhood policing contact under the new national Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. The Guarantee, launched by the Home Office in April 2025, commits every police force to provide named, contactable neighbourhood officers in each community, backed by £100…
