26 Jul 2021
On Thursday 22 July 2021, Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn hosted a visit by Policing Minister, Kit Malthouse MP to Police Headquarters where he was shown around the CCTV suite at HQ as well as meeting with members of the Force’s Rural Crime Team.
The Policing Minister met with CCTV operators at the centralised monitoring suite where over 150 CCTV cameras in over 24 towns in the Dyfed-Powys area are monitored.
As well as helping in the prevention and detection of crime, CCTV is assisting with the protection of vulnerable people in the force, and it was PCC Dafydd Llywelyn’s pledge in 2016 to ensure that CCTV was reinstated in towns across the Force area to ensure community safety, and effective support for officers on the ground.
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn said; “It was a privilege to host the Policing Minister here at Headquarters. This is the first time in ten years that we have hosted a ministerial visit at Police Headquarters, and I am glad that we had the opportunity to showcase the state of the art CCTV infrastructure that we have reinstated here since my time as Police and Crime Commissioner.
“The Minister and his team got to see first-hand the quality of the CCTV footage and was impressed to hear how crucial they have been in recent years in supporting investigations.
“The Minister was also interested in the developments that we have made in recent years to tackle rural crime and had the opportunity to meet some of our Rural Crime Team members, and accompanied them on a visit to a local farm”.
“This visit was an opportunity for me to discuss with the Minister the direction and priorities of my new Police and Crime Plan for Dyfed-Powys Police for the next three years, and I am grateful for the Minister for taking the time to meet with myself and the Chief Officers here at Dyfed-Powys Police.”
T/Chief Constable Claire Parmenter said “I am grateful to the Policing Minister for visiting Dyfed-Powys Police in order to see and hear first-hand how our new cctv infrastructure across the force is assisting us in bringing offenders to justice and protecting the most vulnerable in our communities. The ministerial visit also provided us with an opportunity to discuss the benefits that we are seeing from the implementation of our Rural Crime Team as well as our future plans for operation uplift, which is the Governments pledge to increasing the number of police officers across the country including here in Dyfed-Powys.”
ENDS
Further information:
Gruff Ifan
Policy and Engagement Advisor
gruffudd.ifan@dyfed-powys.pnn.police.uk
PCC Dafydd Llywelyn hosts Policing Minister, Kit Malthouse at CCTV Suite in Police Headquarters
