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Welcome to the latest edition of my bulletin that highlights some of the activities that myself and the Office was involved in during August.

After all the busy engagement activities at the Royal Welsh show in July, it was great to visit Tregaron in Ceredigion to attend the National Eisteddfod that was being held in the town from 30 July until 6 August. Staff from my Office were busy throughout the week, engaging with the public, and promoting our public survey and youth survey.

During the week, I also met with the Secretary State for Wales, the Rt Hon. Robert Buckland to discuss policing matters, and announced a new partnership between the Force and Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol to increase the opportunities for Welsh speaking new recruits to undertake as much of the training in Welsh as possible. You can read more about this exciting development below. I also was a guest on S4C’s Pawb a’i Farn programme that was recorded from the Eisteddfod field in Tregaron, where we discussed the challenges facing rural communities in Wales. It was a great week, and I would like to thank the organisers for a very successful festival.

Staff from my Office were at the Pembrokeshire Show in Haverfordwest also this month, and it was great to have the show back up and running following the disruptions caused in the last couple of years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

I also published my Annual Report for 2020-21 earlier this month, and I was proud to see that the recent environmental and sustainability developments we have made within Dyfed-Powys being acknowledged by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners as examples of good practices, in their InFocus Report.

Thank you once again for taking time to read my bulletin. Please feel free to share wider, and if you have any questions, you are welcome to contact my Office.

Diolch yn fawr,

Dafydd Llywelyn

Police and Crime Commissioner

Announcing exciting new Welsh training provision collaboration

It was proud to announce, at the National Eisteddfod in Ceredigion this month, that the new intake of student officers starting their training through the Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) in September 2022 will be the first tranche to be able to undertake as much of their student journey through the medium of Welsh as possible, if they wish to do so.

Dyfed-Powys Police is collaborating with Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the University of South Wales to increase the opportunities for Welsh speaking new recruits to undertake as much of the training in Welsh as possible.

A high percentage of the population in the Dyfed-Powys area are first language Welsh speakers, and therefore we have a duty to ensure that we can undoubtedly provide a bilingual service, and that we have a workforce that has the skills to communicate with the public confidently in Welsh and English.

I am very grateful to the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol for providing us with guidance and support in our planning phases to develop a Welsh-medium provision within police officer training programmes., and for supporting the vision of the Chief Constable and myself

Striving to meet challenges of climate change

I am pleased to see that some of the sustainability and environmental developments that we have made in Dyfed-Powys recently, have been acknowledged by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners as examples of good practices in their recent In-Focus report.

Here in Dyfed-Powys, our aim is to develop and embed an innovative culture in terms of sustainability, by reducing our carbon footprint and ensuring our estate, vehicle fleet, supplies, services processes and procedures are environmentally responsible.

The report highlights the work that PCCs are doing across England and Wales, including here in Dyfed-Powys, to reduce the carbon footprint in their force area and ensure a sustainable future. In particular, the In Focus report highlights;

• My commitment to invest in 11 electric cars for the force’s Neighbourhood Policing Teams, with the aim of cutting carbon emissions and working towards a more sustainable future.

• The fund of £880,000 that I secured from the Government’s Salix Finance, to further develop Dyfed-Powys Police into an environmentally friendly organisation and support the action to reduce the impact of climate change.

• The Dyfed-Powys Community Payback Scheme which is currently averaging around 1,000 hours per week working in the community where suitable individuals on probation are placed in charity shops, and the National Trust to carry out their unpaid work requirement. This has built strong working relationships with charity shops and other third sector organisations throughout the Dyfed-Powys area.

Publishing my 2021-22 Annual Report

2021-22 has been a productive year, with the appointment of a new Chief Constable for Dyfed-Powys Police, the development and launch of my new 2021-25 Police and Crime Plan and the continued partnership working with key services, stakeholders, and partners both at a local and regional level.

This month, I published my 2021-2022 Annual Report, which evidences the work undertaken by myself and the Office, and partners during the 2021-2022 financial year.

he Annual Report reflects on the work undertaken to meet my priorities: that victims are supported, harm is prevented and our justice system is more effective, as well as how I continued to champion collaboration, accountability, sustainability, and engagement.

The Annual Report is available electronically on our website, and hard copies can be obtained via my Office.