Bleed control kits to help stab and crash victims

Four emergency bleed cabinets have been installed across the Stockton area

Emergency bleed control cabinets have been installed in a town to help people injured in crashes or stabbings.

They are part of a £66,000 package of measures introduced by the Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence (CURV), working with councils and partners, and they provide equipment and instructions on how to control heavy bleeding.

Four cabinets have been installed across the Stockton area and a further eight are due to be available in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool.

Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Matt Storey said the measures would "play a part in making boroughs safer and even more welcoming places for everyone".

The cabinets will be accessible 24 hours a day using a code provided by calling the Borough Security Centre number on the front of the unit.

They have been placed outside the Shambles and Ku Bar in Stockton town centre, The Bank in Norton and Yarm Town Hall.

Councillor Norma Stephenson, of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, said the measures would mean people could "fully relax and enjoy all that our town centres have to offer".

Others resources allocated by CURV include anti-spiking equipment, body worn cameras, radios and ID scanners at pubs and clubs across Teesside.

Four cabinets in had already been installed Redcar and Cleveland through previous funding, together with 210 handheld metal detector wands.