Current activities and recent events

With the summer almost upon us, police in Porthcawl are reminding surfers to think security before setting off to ride the waves.

Bridgend family information services Annual Exhibition & Fun Day took place at the Bridgend Recreation Centre on Thursday 5th April. With the exciting build up to London 2012 in mind an ‘Olympic’ theme was chosen for this year’s event. Organisers and stand holders along with many of the children dressed in their sports gear to add to the fun.

Safer Bridgend has reported that more people are coming forward to seek help for domestic abuse at an earlier stage.

This means that organisations have been able to work together at a faster rate to intervene and help people from a variety of different communities and backgrounds.

A successful ongoing initiative which is tackling alcohol-related anti-social behaviour is being extended to Porthcawl.

An innovative ‘traffic light’ scheme is promoting a safer approach to alcohol in local pubs, clubs and restaurants.

Monthly training sessions are helping Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) develop their problem solving and neighbourhood management skills.

Safer Bridgend, Bridge FM’s Lee Jukes and Billy Blue were in Bridgend town centre this week to mark the launch of the borough’s community cohesion strategy and hate crime campaign.

PCSO’s Kim Harris and David Johnson attended 'A walk for Al' organised by the Garnwen Trust Charity. The Walk is now in its fifth year and attracts up to 500 people who join us for a memorable day out.

Groundwork active play group were disappointed when a recent visit to Newton Dunes was postponed by play workers due to the amount of rubbish in the area.

The afternoon of Wednesday 8th February, a drugs warrant was executed at an address in Caerau with the involvement of MAESTEG/CAERAU Neighborhood Policing team and TST. The Operation was led by neighborhood beat manager PC Barry. The warrant was executed as a result of community led intelligence.