Durham and Darlington Safer Business Group | Durham Police & Crime Commissioner

The Durham and Darlington Safer Business Group is a strategic group to lead the way in preventing and reducing business crime.

Working in partnership, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), Durham Constabulary and local business lead representatives and other business stakeholders, will work together to fight business crime.

This will include looking at ways to collectively develop solutions to combat levels of rising crime, share information about new and emerging threats and share best practice so other organisations can learn from what works.

Purpose

To understand the extent and impact of business crime by increasing reporting and community engagement
To improve intelligence and crime prevention by improved interaction and engagement with businesses
To communicate and publicise information emanating from the Partnership
To increase the business community’s confidence in the police

Role

To influence and develop strategic themes and projects to tackle business crime issues
To support development of plans focussing on prevention, intelligence and enforcement
To identify high priority business crime issues and subsequently prioritising these issues for Partnership activity

Membership

Police and Crime Commissioner – Chair
Durham Constabulary – Business Lead
Representatives from major supermarkets:
Asda
Tesco
Coop
Sainsburys
Morrisons
Representatives from local retailer areas:
Newton Aycliffe Town Centre Manager
Durham Markets
National Federation of Independent Retailers
Durham Business Improvement District
North East Chamber of Commerce
National Business Crime Solutions
Durham County Council
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Association of Convenience Stores