Current activities and recent events

Take a look below to find out about recent events, projects and initiatives supported by Bridgend Community Safety Partnership.

Residents at Cwrt Anghorfa Nursing Home in Pyle became part of the crime prevention crew on Friday 13th March when PCSOs Jon Howe and Karen Powell visited the home as part of Operation Brigade.
Following the recent distraction burglary of an elderly lady, who was deceived during a bogus visit from somebody posing as a water board employee, Pyle Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a group mission to pile crime prevention advice onto local residents.

Maesteg Police Impress Dutch Counterparts
South Wales Police had a visit from foreign shores on Wednesday April 15th, when two Dutch Police Constables travelled from West Holland to gain an insight into the blues and twos of Welsh neighbourhood policing.

A new collaboration between South Wales Police and South Wales Probation Trust will see Pyle ‘paid back’ through community clean ups by offenders.

Porthcawl Police Get Ready For Pedal Patrol
Porthcawl Police Officers are set to get out and about on pedal patrol thanks to the restoration of two police mountain bikes.

Cefn Cribwr Primary Get the Road Safety Green Light
Pupils from Cefn Cribwr Primary School in Pyle are set to be kings of the road following a road safety scheme delivered by the Bridgend Road Safety Partnership and South Wales Police.

Knife Stamp Out has Positive Results for Porthcawl
Over 100 searches were conducted on club goers in Porthcawl town centre on Friday night as police swooped in a bid to stamp out knife carrying offences and drug related crime.

Maesteg Neighbourhood Policing Team Shoot Down Public Disorder in Operation Archer
Two 16 year old boys were arrested on Saturday, February 28th during a police sting targeting public disorder and antisocial behaviour.

Police message to residents of Broadlands and Bryntirion
There have been a number of thefts from vehicles in the Broadlands and Bryntirion areas and these are occurring both in the day time and evenings.

The lives of residents at Duffryn Flats in Caerau, Maesteg have improved dramatically thanks to building work organised by South Wales Police and Valleys to Coast Housing.
Residents were forced to call the police on a regular basis as large groups of young people aged 15 – 25 were smoking, drinking alcohol, starting small fires and playing loud music in an L-shaped sheltered walkway that ran underneath the Duffryn Flats building.

NPT Officer Rides To The Rescue
For those of you who were shopping in Bridgend Town the other Saturday and thought that the rider on one of the police horses looked familiar and very similar to one of the Bridgend Neighbourhood Policing Team Officers - you were not mistaken - that rider was our very own Morfa Town Community Officer PC Joeli Sweeney.