Fleet of Eurocopter aircraft grounded after cracks found are allowed to fly again. • A police helicopter shared by two Welsh forces has been allowed to fly again after it was grounded following safety concerns about the model’s fleet. Operator Bond Air Service suspended all flight operations for Eurocopter 135 helicopters on M

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

Police say they will save money and have increased success in court after joint unit is launched. • South Wales and Gwent Police say they are to save around £1 million a year and speed up forensic identification after they launched a Joint Scientific Investigation Unit in Bridgend. The single Centre of Excellence, which is work

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

Complaint against officers from South Wales Police is dismissed by the IPCC. • Two men who were tasered by South Wales officers following an incident in which a taxi driver was threatened have had their complaint dismissed by the IPCC. The watchdog said that both Jeffrey Evans and his son Geoffrey were liable to arrest following the i