crime fighting partnership

According to the BBC :

Bath & District Business Crime Reduction Partnership has received the Home Office/Action Against Business Crime, Safer Business Award.

This crime-fighting partnership has been in place for over 10 years - and is made up of representatives from Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath & North East Somerset Community Safety & Drugs Partnership, Avon & Somerset Police, Bath Chamber of Commerce and Business West.

And according to the Bath and North East Somerset website:

The Safer Business Award recognises the hard work, determination, commitment and support from all the key partners who have a responsibility to ensure that Bath remains safe, attractive and prosperous for the customers who visit, the staff who work in the city and the residents.

This scheme has been operating for 10 years and has a membership of 100 who maintain communication via a secure frequency radio link. In 2004 it formalised its structure, employed a Co-ordinator and progressed to achieving the standards for the Safer Business Award.

Congratulations!