Darren Best

Chair

Darren Best

Experience and skills / expertise:

  • 30 years as a Police Officer with over a decade working in senior police leadership roles.
  • Head of Professional Standards, Area Commander and Head of Criminal Investigation Department, Cleveland Police.
  • Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, Durham Constabulary.
  • Assistant Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable, Northumbria Police.
  • Chair of Teesside Safeguarding Adults Board (October 2021 – April 2024).
  • CNTW Non-Executive Director and Vice-Chair.