Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT)

A meeting was held between Porthcawl Police officers and the school council for Porthcawl Comprehensive School to discuss issues that pupils may have and to make them aware of the PACT Meetings held in their areas.

Due to concerns raised in last weeks Caerau ward PACT meeting about excessive and dangerous speeding of vehicles, a Speeding Operation was undertaken by the Caerau Neighbourhood Policing Team at ‘Heol Ty Wyth’, Nantyffyllon.

Between the 22nd and 27th of September, a joint operation took place at the Bowls Hall Car Park at Bridgend Recreation Ground after intelligence was received from local residents about anti-social behaviour that was occurring in the area.

Penyfai PACT meetings have been given a breath of fresh air with the introduction of two new faces at the monthly meetings. Siobhan Foster, 16 and Natalie Davies, also 16 have started to attend the meetings to get their voices heard about issues that matter to them in their community.

Ogmore Vale and Nantymoel have recently welcomed their own police rooms into the community. Having suffered from the closure of their Police Station 18 months ago, identity and focus in the community were lost leaving officers to deal with local issues from another station.

However, now the boys in blue have taken residence right in the heart of both communities the benefits are true for all to see.

The Aberkenfig Neighbourhood Policing Team along with Enforcement Officer Marshall Greer has conducted a number of patrols throughout Coytrahen and Bryncethin to target the problem of dog fouling.

The Aberkenfig Neighbourhood Policing Team have conducted a number of PACT led operations throughout the month of June, including vehicle speed reduction operations, crime prevention activities, and an operation to target anti social behaviour.

The Ogmore Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team was today joined by 11 pupils from OgmoreValePrimary School to carry out a vehicle speed reduction exercise, along the A4093, in Blackmill.

The Garw Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team have conducted a vehicle crime enforcement operation, named Magma, resulting in 222 positive actions.

The 48 hour operation involved high visibility foot and vehicle patrols throughout the GarwValley, with a focus on preventing vehicle related crime, along with enforcement towards any offenders.

The Ogmore and Garw Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team urge motorists to drive sensibly, and will be conducting a number of operations, to target motoring offences, including speeding, driving without wearing a seatbelt, and using a mobile phone.

A Substance Misuse Awareness Session will be held on Wednesday 28th March 2007, at the Wildmill Community Centre, commencing at 19:00.

The Ogmore Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team has carried out a Pact led Operation named Denver to target anti social behaviour in the Blackmill, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, and Pant-Yr-Awel areas.

The Pencoed Neighbourhood Policing Team has carried out Operation Swordfish to target motoring offences. As part of the operation, a number of high visibility patrols were conducted targeting motoring offences, including driving without wearing a seatbelt, using a mobile phone, and speeding.

The Brackla Community Council has funded the purchase of a Unipar SL700 hand held laser speed meter, which will be used by the Brackla Neighbourhood Policing Team.

The Pencoed Neighbourhood Policing Team will be conducting a number of operations over the next few weeks, to target motoring offences, including driving without wearing a seatbelt, using a mobile phone, and speeding.

The Ogmore Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team has carried out Operation Casper, to tackle vehicle related crime in Ogmore Vale, Nantymoel, and Blackmill.

The operation was intelligence led utilising information received from community members, as a result of an earlier media appeal for information made by the Ogmore, and Garw Valley Neighbourhood Policing Teams.

Neighbourhood Policing Teams have joined up with Bridgend County Borough Council to carry out a PACT Led operation named Sertina to target off road bike annoyance in Bridgend

The Brackla Neighbourhood Policing Team will be holding an additional PACT Police Surgery, to be held every Tuesday afternoon between 13:00 and 15:00, at the Brackla Meadows Family and Neighbourhood Centre. The first of these afternoon surgeries will commence on Tuesday 24th October 2006.

The Garw Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team has carried out an operation to tackle scrambler bike annoyance, and illegal motor vehicle anti social behaviour. This latest operation as part of Operation Gower, builds on other recent off road operations, namely Operation Palmair, and Operation Dusk

A joint operation to tackle illegal vehicle trading has been carried at a number of locations in Bridgend County Borough. Among the areas targeted was the Esplanade and Sea Front at Porthcawl. The operation involved officers from Bridgend County Borough Council Trading Standards Service, Neighbourhood Policing Officers, and Vehicle Examiners from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA).

Local youngsters from Wildmill Youth Works have taken part in a street sign design project, with the aim of tackling excessive vehicle speed, through the Wildmill Housing Estate, in Bridgend.

The Neighbourhood Policing Teams from Maesteg and Bridgend have carried out an operation to target scrambler bike annoyance. The operation named Palmair, also involved the South Wales Police Off Road Unit, along with cross-divisional support from off road officers from the Neath Port Talbot Division.

Communities constantly troubled by anti-social behaviour are to receive help in the form of a new CCTV camera.

The April PACT meeting for the Cornelly Ward identified the derelict garages in Heol Llan as one of the priorities the local community wanted the police and partners to address.

On Friday 21st of April, the new Youth Works building was finally opened on Heol Ceulanydd, Caerau Park in Maesteg. Thanks to a partnership with Valleys to Coast and Lovell, Youth Works were able to purchase the youth centre and provide youth diversionary activities that have never existed on Caerau Park before.