Fatal crash police get £2m to tackle serious crime
The UK government has pledged £2 million in additional funding to Cleveland Police following a tragic car crash that killed two officers and five others. The force is currently managing a surge in serious and organized crime incidents that occurred in the wake of the tragedy.
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Image source, Cleveland Police Image caption, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were killed in the crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough
A police force is being given an extra £2m after a spate of crimes followed the death of two police officers and five men in a head-on crash, the home secretary has announced.
Shabana Mahmood pledged the funding after Prime Minister Andy Burnham paid tribute to the officers killed, and in light of the challenges faced by Cleveland Police following the seven deaths on the A66 near Middlesbrough on 22 August.
PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died when a Volkswagen Passat going the wrong way on the A66 at South Bank hit their vehicle. The five men in the Volkswagen also died.
The force has since arrested 27 people for activities linked to "serious and organised crime".
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