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Who are we?

Civic enforcement officers

Who are we?

We know that most people care about Darlington and their neighbourhood. Our uniformed officers patrol the streets, taking action against those who do not respect the town and its residents.

The team uses powers devolved from the police. We are concentrating our efforts to tackle;

  • anti-social behaviour,
  • fly tipping,
  • littering,
  • dog fouling,
  • and parking issues.

You will see their distinctive yellow and black vehicles around town as they are on duty 8am - 10pm. The vehicles are marked similarly to traffic officers on motorways. The colour scheme identifies powers to stop and direct vehicles. Our officers use CCTV footage captured from their vehicles.

Officer and their vehicles

What do we do?

We’re here to make Darlington a safer, cleaner and more appealing place to live, work and visit. If Darlington’s facilities and environment are safeguarded and we have low crime it will attract more people and businesses here. This ensures our town has a thriving economy and helps us sustain a vibrant town centre.

Patrol

We patrol Darlington Borough and the town centre, monitor public parks and green spaces and keep an eye on schools particularly in relation to parking and traffic management. We ensure rubbish and littering is cleared and offenders are investigated.

Respond

We respond to and prevent anti-social behaviour by engaging with offenders and their parents, putting agreements in place to stop repeat incidents and will take further action with stronger punishments where necessary.

Help

We provide a dog control service, helping locate lost animals, reuniting them with their owners where possible. We support the police to enforce the law for dangerous and out of control dogs.

Enforce

We monitor parking by patrolling car parks and streets, moving motorists on, issuing parking charge notices where necessary to minimise nuisance parking, improve safety and ensure spaces for residents are used correctly.

Our enforcement officers have a range of police accredited powers. They have the power to;

  • request a name and address,
  • issue fixed penalty notices,
  • remove abandoned or obstructing vehicles,
  • direct traffic,
  • address begging,
  • seize alcohol in restricted public places or from under 18s,
  • and can stop and search trade vehicles.

Please see enforcement powers for more detail.

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