Current activities and recent events

There has been a recent spate of dwelling burglaries in the borough where burglars are breaking into houses, taking the car keys and stealing the car and other posessions.

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 Annual childrens exhibition & fun Day took place at the Bridgend Recreation Centre on Thursday 12th April. This year's theme was ‘Easter’, organisers and stand holders dressed up as Easter Bunnies or wore Easter Bonnets.

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.

Church leaders, Bridgend County Borough Council and South Wales Police have joined forces to tackle issues within Bridgend Town Centre during the busy evenings of the weekends, when the streets are at their most volatile.

The pupils of Tynyrheol Primary School, Llangeinor, have carried out a number of morning and afternoon patrols aimed at stopping vehicles parking on the double yellow lines (outside of the school, along Heol Llangeinor). The pupils were accompanied by their Neighbourhood Policing Team PCSO Laura Reynolds, PCSO Dave Wilkinson, and PCSO Gareth Evans, along with traffic wardens.

Pupils from Pontycymmer Nursery School have teamed up with their Ogmore and Garw Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team Police Community Support Officers Laura Reynolds and Gareth Evans to tackle the problem of school trespassers and vandalism.

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.

The local boys in blue are upbeat about missing an hour’s sleep this weekend and will toast the start of summertime with Brace’s Bakery.

South Wales Police and Trading Standards Officers are warning residents to be on their guard against distraction burglars and opportunist rogue traders, as a result of the bad weather conditions last week, and the subsequent damage caused to both properties, and gardens.