Beacon Council status, the highest Government accolade for a council service, has been awarded to Darlington's Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership. The Beacon Council scheme selects high achieving councils to act as centres of excellence and help spread best practice to other local authorities.
"The Police have made a huge commitment to the partnership both in resources and through joint funding and have reorganised so as to have co-terminus boundaries with the council and PCT. There are some excellent examples provided of community engagement."