Councillors are angry at the possibility of a key part of law enforcement in their village being based elsewhere.
Middleton St George parish council heard at its meeting on Monday that local police community support officer Jon Angus could be given an office at the nearby Durham Tees Valley Airport.
But the idea has angered council members - particularly Brian Jones, who said he would strongly oppose such a move.
Councillor Jones said: "They'd be taking away a community support officer, who should be on the streets here."
He said the council had offered the police the use of the community centre as a possible base on more than one occasion.
PC Boyd Rowe said there had been a spate of thefts from the airport car park recently, but the possibility of Mr Angus moving was only "under review".
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