Police op to keep women safe

UNIFORMED and plain-clothed police officers are being sent to busy pubs and clubs in west Wales in a bid to stop sexual offences and violence against women.

- IAN LEWIS Reporter

If follows Dyfed-Powys Police piloting a scheme called Project Vigilant in Carmarthenshire last Christmas.

Plain-clothed officers with specialist training act as spotters during busy evenings, identifying people who appear to present a risk to others by displaying sexually predatory behaviour. These concerns will be reported to police in uniform, who will step in to disrupt potentially criminal behaviour before it happens.

Following an analysis of the pilot phase, the project will now be rolled out throught the force’s region.

Chief Inspector Dominic Jones said: “This was a new project for Dyfed-Powys Police that we trialled over the busy Christmas period.