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Ammanford Town, Pontamman and Betws

Reduce anti-social behaviour in the Pantyffynnon and town area.

  • Tuesday, May 8, 2012
    Thu 17 May 2012

    For our priority this month we are going to be conducting periodic visits in the area ensuring that our police presence is made visible to the public. We want to reassure the public that we are here to help and make our communities safer and we will be tackling anti-social behaviour head on.  We are going to be patrolling the areas and encouraging members of the public to report any suspicious incidents. If we don’t receive the calls we can not identify where the problems are.

    If anyone has any concerns about this or any other similar issues in this area, or has information that may help us deal with this matter please get in touch by calling the team on 101 or you can Speak with PC Kevin Jones 88 or PCSO Sharee Treharne 8009 at Jenkins Bakery every Thursday between 10-11am for “Cuppa with a copper” to discuss any issues.

    The neighbourhood policing team also hold Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT) meetings in Ammanford Fire Station every 2nd Tuesday of the month 6:30-7:30pm. (Please see our Events tab for further details).

    08/05/2012 – On a whole, the areas have been rather quiet in the past month. The main leaders of the groups causing anti-social behaviour have since agreed to adhere to their acceptable behaviour contracts. A number of houses in the Parcyrhun area have been visited where we’ve asked if anyone is having any issues with the youths in the area. We also advised them about our PACT meetings that we hold once a month should they want to inform us in person. We will keep the priority on for another month and conduct high visibility policing patrols in the area.

    Next PACT meeting will be held on 12th June 2012 at 6:30pm in Ammanford Fire Station, High Street, Ammanford

    10/04/2012 - There has been an increase in the number of calls received in relation to anti-social behaviour over the last month. The community have been made aware of the report campaign which encourages membes of the public to report incidents to the police. 26 anti-social behaviour letters have been issued to youths around the Ammanford area wth some youths leading on to receiving an acceptable behaviour contract with the anti-social behaviour co-ordinator, Community Safety department, Carmarthenshire County Council.

    13/03/2012 – The neighbourhood Policing team and response officers have been working together to tackle the issues you as a community are having with the youths around the area. We have also been promoting the “REPORT” campaign. We are encouraging people to report anything unusual or suspicious activity they see. Without the calls being made we are not going to know the issues you are having in the community.

Past Priorities

Sun, March 18, 2012

  • Ammanford Neighbourhood Policing Team hosted a Multi Cultural event at the main Hall in the Amman Valley Comprehensive School on the 4th March 2012. The event drew a very large crowd of over 350 visitors. The event was held to attract people in our Communities from different backgrounds to try and include people from the 7 strands of Diversity.

    One quote from a visitor '' This has been a long time coming''. '' I have never attended such an enjoyable successful event in this area and I am looking forward to the next one.''

    The event attracted the United Nations volunteer group who visit and carry out community work, agricultural work and environmental work in our areas. The group consisted of students from across the world. Japan, Russia, Germany, Holland, Greece, France and many more. We also had a large congregation from the Thai and Pilipino community, Welsh language groups, elderly, children, the guides, the blind, various associations, various religious groups and also the Chinese and Indian Communities.

    There was a range of entertainment and food sampling all donated free of charge available for the guests. The event also gave the public the opportunity to speak and get to know their representatives from the Neighbourhood Policing Team and give us their views on the areas they reside in.

    The event was opened by the Lady Mayor of Ammanford Irena Hopkins and the audience was also addressed by MP Jonathan Edwards. Present at the event was Paulo Piano, Senior Development Officer from the Llanelli Multicultural Network Project.

Inspector Paul Williams 2105

  • Paul Williams

    Inspector Paul Williams joined Dyfed-Powys Police in June 1991. He was originally stationed at Llanelli before transferring to Llwynhendy. He was promoted to Sergeant in Ammanford in 1996, where he served for several years before he transferred back to the Llanelli area. In 2001 he became the Divisional Training Officer for Carmarthenshire, and then qualified to the rank of Inspector. He was promoted to Lampeter as Section Inspector in 2004 before coming back to Carmarthenshire in 2006.  He covered the Human Resources role in Carmarthenshire as Temporary Chief Inspector before starting in Ammanford as Neighbourhood Policing Inspector in 2008. His favourite aspects of the role are helping people and making a difference to the community.

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  • Teresa Ross

    Sergeant Teresa Ross is a local resident from Ammanford and is married with four children. She joined Dyfed-Powys Police in 2000, where her first posting was to Carmarthen town. Teresa went on to work as a Detective Constable for three years, covering the Carmarthenshire area. She was promoted to Sergeant in January 2006 and is also qualified to Inspector level. Teresa is now the local Sergeant for the Ammanford Neighbourhood Policing Team and is looking forward to working closely with the communities in which she has lived and served as a police officer.

PC Kevin Jones 88

  • PC Kevin Jones was born and bred in Anglesey, and joined Dyfed-Powys police in July 1989. He has been stationed in Ammanford for the majority of his service, except for short stints in Cross-Hands and Ystradgynlais. He is currently the NPT officer for Ammanford town and Betws. He says, “I enjoy working with partners, community organisations, business and the general public in identifying local issues and tackling them, to help create a safe and confident community.”

PCSO Sharee Treharne 8009

  • PCSO Sharee Treharne joined Dyfed-Powys Police in November 2004 as a clerical officer within the Admin Section in the Criminal Justice Unit. She joined as a PCSO in March 2009 and is stationed in Ammanford covering the town, Pontaman, Tirydail, Bonllwyn, Betws and Pantyffynon. Sharee’s hobbies are playing hockey and netball and she has represented the two sports for the county in the past. She also plays hockey and netball for Dyfed-Powys Police. On a daily basis she supports front-line policing, and engages with members of the public with the purpose of reassuring them with the police presence

Neighbourhood Meetings

  • Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT) gives you the chance to influence what happens in your neighbourhood.

    This means that your Neighbourhood Policing Team will:

    Publicise how to get in touch with them.
    Find out what the local issues are that make people feel unsafe in their neighbourhood and ask them in order of priority.
    Decide with partners and local people what should be done to deal with those priorities and work with them to deliver the solutions.
    Let people know what is being done and find out if they are satisfied with the results.

    Ammanford Fire Station, High Street, Ammanford
    Tuesday 12 June, 6:30pm

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