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CLEVELAND POLICE EMERGENCY & EVENTS PLANNING UNIT Cleveland Police has a dedicated Emergency & Events Planning Unit, responsible for developing structures and plans for a major incident response, managing and planning major force events, meeting key operational planning requirements, meeting statutory requirements under legislation and ensuring staff are trained in incident management. The Unit is managed by an Inspector and comprises of three emergency planning officers, a hazmat officer, four event planners and shares an administrative assistant with the Local Authority Emergency Planning Unit. The Unit is co-located within the Cleveland Emergency Planning Unit alongside emergency planners from Cleveland Fire Brigade, North East Ambulance Service and the Local Authorities. This situation is unique within England where the emergency services and local authority emergency planning officers work together from the same suite of offices. This provides excellent partnership working and a joint approach to emergency planning to ensure that the best possible response to a major incident is undertaken. In the event of a major incident, the Police responsibilities are to co-ordinate the multi-agency response, manage the incident scene and undertake any subsequent criminal investigation. The role of the Police Emergency & Events Planning Unit is to: o Develop and maintain policies, processes and structures outlining a generic all risks response framework, identifying key specialist roles and role responsibilities For further information, please contact the Cleveland Police Emergency Planning Unit, Aurora Court, Barton Road, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough. TS2 1RY or telephone 01642 303255. Alternatively, e-mail the Unit on: emergency.planningunit@cleveland.pnn.police.uk
Link to: Cleveland Police Website
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