AC-12 Building

AC-12 Building
General information
Size	Large
Location	Kingsgate
Station Chief	Superintendent Ted Hastings
Departments Housed	AC-12 Crime Executive Crime Audit Standards Complaints Policy Unit Administration
Appearance information
First Appearance	A Disastrous Affair

Kingsgate House, also known as the AC-12 Building is a large administrative building operated by Central Police located in the Kingsgate area of the city. It is where the AC-12 offices are located.

Information

The building is never referred to by name or on screen until Series 5, in which small signage at the front of the building denoting the name Kingsgate House is visible. It is synonymous with the AC-12 department which it houses, and is large and modern, with a glassy exterior and open plan office spaces.

In Series 1, DS Steve Arnott's business card states that the address of the building is: 296 Manor Road, Kingsgate, LB1 2CV. However, this address is also seen in signage in the separate Kingsgate Station, suggesting it may be a continuity error. Emergency exit signage in Series 1 states that the AC-12 offices are on the 10th floor of the building.

Signage briefly seen in Series 1 indicates there is a helicopter landing pad on the roof of the building, however this is never expanded upon or shown further.

In Series 4, a building directory seen in the reception area shows that AC-12 has been relocated to the 7th floor, and that several other departments are housed in the building also, including:

• Anti-Corruption Unit 12 (7th Floor)
• Crime Executive (6th Floor)
• Crime Audit (5th Floor)
• Standards (4th Floor)
• Complaints (3rd Floor)
• Policy Unit (2nd Floor)
• Administration (1st Floor)
• Strategic Firearms Command
• Cyber Crime Department

As of Series 5, a small detachment of Authorised Firearms Officer's from the Strategic Firearms Command appear to be stationed in the building full time. This is likely an increased security measure after the events of Series 3.

There seems to be a small Cyber Crime Department office in the building housing Amanda Yao and her team.

Staff

Current

• Supt. Ted Hastings
• DI Steve Arnott
• DC Chloe Bishop
• DC Eldwick
• DC Sharon
• DC Philip
• DC Liz
• DC James
• PC Yacoob
• Analyst Amanda Yao

Former

• DI Kate Fleming (Series 1-5)
• DI Matthew Cottan (Series 2-3)
• DS Tom Brown (Series 3)
• DC Georgia Trotman (Series 2)
• DC Daniel Brightway (Series 3-4)
• DC Jamie Desford (Series 4)
• PS Kyle Ferringham (Series 5)
• PC Maneet Bindra (Series 3-5)
• PC Tatleen Sohota (Series 5)
• Legal Counsel Gill Biggeloe (Series 3)

Trivia

• In Series 1, which was filmed in Birmingham, interior scenes of the AC-12 Building were filmed in the Millennium Point meeting complex.
• From Series 2 onwards, since the production moved to Belfast, interior and exterior shots of the building have been filmed at the Invest Northern Ireland headquarters.