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Gwent Police operate both fully-fledged police stations, and several offices and shops that serve as points of contact with the public. For example, the police station at Abertillery closed due to budget cuts, but the police still maintain a presence at the local fire station.
The first Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner was Ian Johnston. [4] During his period of office, Johnston reopened several police stations across Gwent, and he also launched the force's Victims Charter. [5] [6] Johnston was involved in the controversial removal of chief constable Carmel Napier a year into his post. [7]
South Wales Police (Welsh: Heddlu De Cymru; SWP) is one of the four territorial police forces in Wales. It is headquartered in Bridgend.. The force was formed as South Wales Constabulary on 1 June 1969, by the amalgamation of the former Glamorgan Constabulary, Cardiff City Police, Swansea Borough Police and Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police.
Police forces in Wales have become the first to launch a facial recognition app in the UK. It will allow officers from South Wales Police and Gwent Police to confirm the identity of a unknown person.
About 330,000 illegal cigarettes and 23,000 vaping devices were among the seizures by Gwent Police and Newport City Council's Trading Standards over the past 15 months.
The courthouse closed in 1997, [3] and it was then occasionally used as an annexe to the police station. [4] In 2012, the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner, Ian Johnston, sought other organisations who were prepared to rent the former courthouse (but not the police station) from Gwent Police.
Johnston joined the Gwent Constabulary in 1970 following service as a Police Cadet.and served as a police officer from 1971 until 2004. Following Service in uniform he became a detective at Abertillery. As a sergeant he served in the training department and as an inspector he became the staff officer to the Chief Constable John
Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys) Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent) North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru) South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru) As of September 2020, the police forces in Wales have: [3] 7,274 police officers; 492 special constables; 834 police community support officers (PCSO) 387 police support volunteers (PSV) 4,774 staff