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THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 6 2017


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parade last week, 17 new Police Constables have been welcomed into Dyfed Powys Police. The recruits have undertaken


an intense six month training programme, which included ongoing tests on conducting interviews, application of powers and legal knowledge, as well as a three-week driving course. Senior officers and families


gathered at police headquarters for the passing out parade, where three awards were presented to outstanding recruits. From January, the officers will


spend 15 weeks on division with their tutor constables. Joining the Carmarthenshire


division are Ashley Crocker, Saull Thomas, Steffan Phillips, Aled Davies, Christopher Day, Eleri Owen, Bruce Carter, Daisy Baillie and Gavin Leyshon, who was awarded the Chief Constable’s award. Dafydd George and Jessica


McNamara will join Ceredigion, while Zoe Priestley and Kyle Wallis will head to Pembrokeshire. The Powys division will welcome Sarah Davies, David Jones, Kerry Powell and William Peter Evans. Many of the new officers have


New PCs welcomed FOLLOWING a passing out


joined the force from diverse careers, including Ceredigion officer Dafydd George, aged 32, who will be stationed in Lampeter. “I was a carpenter, but I always


wanted to be a police officer from a young age,” he said. “I thought I would seize the


moment and do it now. My family and friends have been really supportive and were all for me changing career. “I liked the idea of having a job


where I’m out helping people. It’s a good challenge and it’s also a well- respected job. People look up to PCs – I know I do. It is a great organisation to be a part of – everyone is friendly and very supportive. We all feel pretty lucky to be here. It is a long process, but once you get in you realise it is definitely worth it. You realise how fortunate we are to get into this job.” New Pembrokeshire PC Kyle


Wallis, aged 27, was presented with The Lindsey James Award for most improved officer. “For me, the appeal of joining


the police was having a more diverse career,” he said. “I was managing bars and


restaurants previously. I expected the training to be quite difficult and intense, and at times it definitely was. I’m now looking forward to getting


Excited to start: The new recruits are eager to get going


out there and putting the skills we have learned into practice.” Ashley Crocker, aged 23, will


be a familiar face in Llanelli, where he spent three years as a PCSO. His motivation to advance his career and become a PC was the variety his new role will offer. “You have more choice as a PC


than a PCSO,” he said. “It’s a lot more varied and you can


go off into different areas of policing. I loved being a PCSO, so this was a natural progression for me. I’m really pleased to be going back to Llanelli as I know the area, I know the other officers and some of the people in the town. The links I developed as a PCSO will really help me.” Former newspaper sub-editor


Bruce Carter, aged 30, will also be stationed in Llanelli, where he worked as a PCSO for 18 months. He received the Most Academic award at the passing out ceremony. “In 2014 I left my newspaper job


and joined Dyfed-Powys as a PCSO, he said. “I guess I was fed up of being chained to a desk. I wanted to do something more active where I could go out and speak to people. Joining


A LOCAL publican with a long


history of charity work has been named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Brian Harries, 65, who runs the


Bristol Trader in Haverfordwest, has been estimated to have raised more than £500,000 for charities over the last 50 years. He is a member of the


Haverfordwest Round Table and Haverfordwest Rotary Club. He is


the police was something I was interested in when I was younger, but I went down the route of university and journalism. I decided to go for it and my family were very supportive – they thought it was something I would be well suited to. “I was pleased to be working in


Llanelli as I’d read a lot about the town while working as a sub-editor for the Llanelli Star, but had never actually been there. Now I feel like I have a head start as I’ve come to know some of the people and communities. “Being a PCSO is a really good


job, but I wanted to become a PC so I would have a more challenging role. The course was quite intense at times with the depths you go into regarding different laws, and dealing with some nasty subjects, but we’ve had a good group of people and I really enjoyed it. Since joining the police a lot of people have said I had changed – I’ve become more confident in myself.” 21-year-old Sarah Davies is a


former youth worker with Powys County Council and decided to train as a PC when the youth club she worked at closed. “All the services were going,” she


also the Chairman of Pembrokeshire Friends of Prostate Cymru and on the committee of the Pembrokeshire Cystic Fibrois Society. In 2018, Brian will also have the


honour of becoming President of Pembrokeshire County Show. Brian will be attending a


garden party later this year, where beforehand he will be presented with the BEM by the Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed.


Brian Harries: Named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list


said. “I wanted to stay in a job where I was still able to help people and work in the community. This was the next closest job. I found the training quite challenging at times. Because I’m quite young I was used to the classroom environment, but there is a lot of information to take in and make sure you understand. There was plenty of physical training too, but the course is very knowledge based.” Also celebrated at the passing out


ceremony were Kay Lewis- Thomas, Protecting Vulnerable Persons officer at Ammanford, and Management of Sexual Offenders and Violent Offenders officer Stephanie Evans. Chief Constable Mark Collins


was pleased to welcome the new recruits to the force. “We are very proud of the


hard work and commitment these individuals have shown over the last six months, and give them a warm welcome to Dyfed-Powys Police,” he said. “These men and women will


be on the front line policing the communities we serve, and we wish them all the best as they embark on the next step of their new careers.”


New Year’s Honour for charity fundraiser


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