Carmarthen Town

Inspector Steve Lee joined Dyfed-Powys Police in 1996 having worked in the public service industry for 19 years. He served as a PC in Ammanford and Kidwelly police stations before becoming a sergeant. He was stationed at Llanelli, Lampeter and St. Clears before taking up his current role of Inspector based in the Carmarthen Rural Section. He said: “I am a local resident and I have found that knowing the local community has helped me identify and deal with the concerns and issues within my section. I look forward to furthering the ties already made with the local communities and our partner agencies, with the intention of reducing crime and instances of anti-social behaviour whilst developing the profile of my neighbourhood policing team”.

Sergeant Mark McSweeney has been with Dyfed Powys Police for the last two years, where he is currently working with the neighbourhood policing teams across the Carmarthen Area, including Carmarthen Town, Carmarthen North, Carmarthen West, Llangunnor and St Ishmaels.  Before moving to Dyfed Powys, he served 8 years with the Metropolitan Police in London where he also worked as a Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant.

PC Carl Mann joined the team in January 2009. He previously worked for Thames Valley Police from 1992, working from High Wycome. He covered rural and town beats before becoming a Tutor Constable. He joined Dyfed-Powys Police in 2001, working in Haverfordwest and Whitland before transferring to Carmarthen. He was born in Swansea and moved to St. Clears in 1971 where his family remained when he joined Thames Valley Police. His hobbies are motorcycling and hill walking in Britain and Nepal. He said, “What I like most about neighbourhood policing is helping the community and the elderly. I also enjoy assisting core shift officers with any crime and other enquiries need to complete any incidents”

PC Ian Thomas joined the Neighbourhood Policing Team in February 2008.  He has previously worked at Pembroke Dock and Fishguard before becoming the force’s Physical Trainer and Self Defence Trainer, a position he held for ten years. Although originally from Llanelli, he has lived in Carmarthen for many years and his children were schooled locally. He is a keen cyclist and uses his bike to keep fit and to travel to work. He said, “Having been in a non operational role for a long time, it is refreshing to get back on the beat and I enjoy getting out and meeting people. There is an emphasis on partnership working within the team and with my training experience I enjoy networking with other agencies and adopting a problem solving approach.”

PCSO Bethan Hodgkinson is originally from North Wales. She first moved to Carmarthen in September 2002 to attend Trinity College as a Theatre, Music and Media Studies student. She graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Her career for Dyfed-Powys Police started in December 2005 where she worked as a receptionist in Police Headquarters and in May 2006 realized her true passion of being out in the community and solving local community issues where she joined as a PCSO in May 2006.