Welsh forces hope to save thousands of pounds every year with new state of the art training home. • Three Welsh police forces have unveiled a Joint Firearms Training Unit which it is hoped will save around £150,000 a year. Dyfed-Powys, Gwent and South Wales Police have brought together their firearms training specialists at one

Commitment will see further cash ploughed into provision of police staff across the country's four forces. • A government initiative that will see 500 new PCSOs introduced across Wales is to have its funding extended beyond 2015, PoliceOracle.com has been told. The Welsh Government has said it will pay for the PCSOs to support the fou

Forces throughout Wales launch joint initiative using victims' stories to heighten public awareness of problem. • Police Forces throughout Wales have launched a joint initiative in a bid to combat the spiralling epidemic of metal theft that has been sweeping throughout the UK. With the strap line “It’s more than meta

Tim Madgwick to assume role of temporary Chief following retirement of Grahame Maxwell. • North Yorkshire’s DCC will step up to the plate when Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell retires from policing later this year, it has been confirmed. In a statement, North Yorkshire Police Authority said Tim Madgwick would act as Temporary

CC Ian Arundale of Dyfed-Powys warns that draconian measures will follow is funding is not secured. • The Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys Police has become the latest ACPO officer to warn that a failure to raise the council precept will have serious ramifications for the Force. Ian Arundale said that he would have to consider scr