Decisions

From the 2024/25 OPCC budget, the Police and Crime Commissioner has agreed to fund The Talking Shop Blackwood a total of £5,000 to sustain their project for the remainder of the 2024/25 financial year.  The project exists to support community members, increase community cohesion and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in Blackwood and the surrounding areas.  The OPCC funding granted will support the Talking Shop as a community resource and to increase engagement with Gwent Police. 

This would extend delivery to 31^st March 2025.  

The PCC Police Community Fund utilises monies obtained through the Proceeds of Crime Act. This Fund aims to enable children and young people in Gwent to be safe, healthy and happy, building a better future for themselves and their community, by empowering Gwent Police to tackle community based issues in a lasting and impactful way.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent has agreed to continue to provide £25,000 to the Gwent High Sheriff's Community Fund for 2025/26, with an option of match funding up to an additional £25,000. A further £15,000 to support year 1, 2 and 3 of the Superbid will also be provided.

The temporary appointment will remain in place until the current recruitment process to appoint a new Chief Constable has been finalised and ratified by the Police and Crime Panel.

The Independent Custody Visiting Scheme is a statutory Scheme under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act Part 3 Section 299 whose responsibility and oversight lies with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Constable.

The Independent Custody Visiting Scheme is a statutory Scheme under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act Part 3 Section 299 whose responsibility and oversight lies with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Constable.

New Pathways is an organisation which provides rape crisis and sexual abuse support services, including management of the Gwent Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). Cyfannol Women’s Aid provide domestic abuse and sexual violence services across Gwent.

An investment of £986,000 into Ystrad Mynach Custody Unit was agreed to ensure it meets Home
Office compliance, thereby providing a single unit for Custody provision for Gwent
Police. The investment will add an additional 10 cells; enhance CCTV and
‘Lifesign’ monitoring; create a specific juvenile/vulnerable adult area; and improve
the custody desk area.

The Strategic Equality Plan complements and allows Gwent Police to organise its actions under the legislation that covers Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the UK and in Wales specifically; UK- and Wales-wide government strategies promoting EDI; national policing plans on EDI; and Gwent and the OPCC’s own policies and plans