Llandybie

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.

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.

Sarah Yelland-Davies was born and brought up in the town of Llandeilo and has been a Police Constable with Dyfed-Powys Police since September 2003.  She served the community of Llanelli for four years, and in 2007 worked in the rural neighbourhoods of Llandeilo and Llandovery. Sarah says “since transferring to Ammanford and joining the Neighbourhood Policing Team, I am excited with the prospect of working with a dedicated and focussed team of officers and partner agencies, who are determined that the public’s needs and expectations in their area are at the forefront of neighbourhood policing’s priorities”.

PCSO Alan Davies has worked for Dyfed-Powys Police as a PCSO since October 2006. Previously he served for the Royal Air Force and more recently worked in retail. He was born and brought up in the Gwendraeth valley. He says, “Working as a PCSO I want to contribute to the policing of neighbourhoods in the area through highly visible patrol with the purpose of reassuring the public.”

PCSO Ryan Howells joined Dyfed-Powys Police in 2003 as a clerical officer within the Central Ticket Office in the Criminal Justice Unit. In June 2009 Ryan then became an Incident Handler/Dispatcher within the Operations Room, HQ where he worked before joining as a PCSO in November 2011. Ryan is stationed at Ammanford Police station as part of the Amman Neighbourhood Policing Team.