CMHA Police Department
The Cuyahoga Metropolitan
Housing Authority Police Department
is a state-certified law enforcement
agency and is nationally accredited
by the Commission on Accreditation
for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
Sworn police officers of the CMHA
Police Department are certified
by the Ohio Peace Officers Training
Commission and have full police
arrest powers. They enforce all
city, state, and federal laws,
as well as agency policies and
procedures. The CMHA Police Department
provides quality law enforcement
service to residents, employees,
and visitors of CMHA properties
located throughout Cuyahoga County.
The Department provides
policing services to CMHA residents
24 hours a day, seven days a week,
year-round and has an authorized staff of approximately 135.
The
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Police Department Headquarters
is a 23,000 square foot, two-story
facility. This facility is ideally
located in the heart of the east
side of Cleveland known as the
Central Area, allowing for the
fastest response time to the majority
of public housing residents. The
location helps to promote community
ownership and improve public housing
residents’ access to their
specialized police department.
It also encourages the residents
and organizations in the Authority’s
diverse community to better communicate,
share information, and increase
their overall community involvement
in safety.
The Police Headquarters contains
over sixty (60) police and administrative
offices and houses a specialized
24-hour, seven-day a week state-of-the
art Communications Center, as well
as a Disaster Planning/Safety Management
Division. In addition to these
specialized safety divisions, the
building offers educational and
training resources for both its
police and security personnel including
a library and a fitness center.
The building provides completely
independent secure circulation
and temperature control areas for
various personnel within the building.
It also provides state-of-the-art
communication, security, and data
handling systems. These systems
include a new technologically advanced
telephone system, as well as video
surveillance cameras at specific
access points to the police areas.
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