This March, North Wales Police’s Cyber Crime Team and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner are joining with online safety experts, Get Safe Online to highlight some of the threats of online gaming.
St David’s Day holds significance throughout Wales. It is a day to celebrate Welsh identity, culture, heritage and traditions. St David’s Day also serves as a reminder of Wales distinct cultural identity and strengthens the sense of pride and unity among its people, both in North Wales and across the country.
The winners of a special £50,000 fund to help communities across North Wales were announced at an event in Colwyn Bay on 23 February. The initiative, called Your Community, Your Choice, helps support grass-roots projects in the region and is supported by the North Wales Police and Community Trust (PACT), the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, and North Wales Police.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) North Wales is looking for members of the public from across the region to join as volunteer Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs), who visit detainees in police custody after their arrest.
A new meeting point for the local community was officially opened in Glyn Ceiriog on Sunday, 18 February in a demonstration of how money taken from criminals is being used to develop and strengthen neighbourhood facilities across North Wales.
Online dating is by far the most popular way to meet someone and the lead up to Valentine’s Day is a busy time of year and this means that it’s also a very busy time for cybercriminals, posing as suitors to steal people’s money or identity, or both.
February is the month of the year when people begin to think about booking their summer holidays which, often, we find and book online. But fraudsters also love the internet.
January 30 saw the premiere of an impactful new film, ‘Enough is Enough’, at the Empire Cinema in Holyhead. Funded by the Safer Streets Fund, the film aims to raise awareness of the serious effects of anti-social behaviour
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At a meeting this afternoon in Bodlondeb, Conwy, the North Wales Police and Crime Panel approved Police and Crime Commissioner, Andy Dunbobbin’s, proposal for a lower than anticipated increase in the policing precept.
On the 22 January North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Andy Dunbobbin visited the GISDA base in Caernarfon to meet with staff and young people from their LGBTQ+ Youth Club, to talk about community relations with the police and concerns regarding hate crime.