'No Hiding Place' As Police Crackdown In High-Crime Ward Results In 190 Arrests

CRIME FALLS BUT 'MORE IMPORTANT IS COMMUNITY TELL US THEY FEEL SAFER'

- RICHARD EVANS

NORTH Wales Police told councillors the force had made 190 arrests in the Rhyl West ward alone since April, recovering class A drugs, replica firearms, weapons and cash.

Speaking at the North Wales Police and Crime Panel at Conwy's Bodlondeb HQ this week, officers told councillors of the work carried out as part of a partnership to fight serious violent crime.

Diane Jones, from the Police and Crime Commissioner's office (PCC), and partnership manager Alison Watkin, gave a presentation on behalf of the North Wales Serious Violence Prevention Partnership.

The chamber heard how the partnership works collaboratively with the PCC, North Wales Police, the six local authorities, prison service, probation, and the fire service.

The partnership's overarching vision is to tackle violence and make communities safer.