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Date updated: 5/02/2026

Chair’s role in tackling economic crime

The Chair of the Police Authority Board, Tijs Broeke, is currently the Joint Lead for the Economic and Cyber Crime Portfolio of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC). Within this role, he champions the economic and cyber crime agenda and seeks to raise fraud as a priority in local police and crime plans while providing a channel to share the views of PCCs with key central stakeholders, particularly the Home Office.

As Chair Police Authority Board, Tijs also chairs the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group, a national company established to support the delivery of cyber resilience advice to small and medium sized organisations across the country via the Regional Cyber Resilience Centres.

The UK's Response to Cyber Fraud PDF (2MB)
Date submitted: 22/04/21

Police Authority Support and Scrutiny of the National Lead Force for Fraud and Cyber Crime

The City of London Police is National Lead Force for Fraud and Cyber Crime and it is working towards five outcomes (below) in order to fulfil this role:

  1. The public has confidence in the Report Fraud reporting service;
  2. People and organisations are prevented from being victims of fraud, and victims are supported;
  3. Police resources are coordinated and deployed efficiently and effectively against fraud threats;
  4. Fraudsters operating nationally are identified and offending is disrupted; and
  5. Policing has the capability and capacity to detect, disrupt and deter perpetrators of fraud.

The Police Authority maintains local scrutiny and oversight of the force in meeting its stated objectives at its quarterly Economic Security and Cyber Crime Committee meetings. Regular updates are also provided to the Police Authority Board on key developments in this area.

The Police Authority also has a key role in supporting the force to deliver these outcomes, particularly by supporting the force’s engagement with key stakeholders, such as Government, APCC, His Majesty's Inspectorate Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, local communities and business and industry leads.

Reports of the force’s performance against its key performance indicators in this area Is available on the meetings pages for Economic Crime Committee of the City of London Police Authority Board.

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