Welsh Government Community Support Officers

Safer Communities for all

Our aim is to make communities safer through reductions in anti-social behaviour, crime (including the fear of crime), substance misuse and the incidence and impact of fires as well as effective co-ordination of emergencies.

Community Support officers are highly visible in their communities, engaging with people, providing reassurance and tackling anti-social behaviour. They are playing a pivotal role not only in making our communities safer, but in making them feel safer.

The 500 officers are an addition to warranted police officers, not instead of them, and the Welsh Government has worked closely with Association of Chief Police Officers Cymru on the implementation of this commitment.

Training and deployment began in November 2011. It is anticipated that all Welsh Government Community Support Officers will be in place before the end of 2013/14.

To find out what’s happening in the four Welsh Police Force areas and British Transport Police, please visit their respective websites:

• Dyfed Powys

• Gwent

• North Wales

• South Wales

• British Transport Police