Darren Best
Chair

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.