Gwent Police
| Gwent Police Heddlu Gwent | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1967 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom |
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| Gwent Police area within Wales | |
| Size | 1,554 km² |
| Population | 556,600 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Croesyceiliog |
| Sworn members | 1,453 |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Divisions | List
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 22 |
| Website | |
| www.gwent.police.uk | |
Gwent Police (Template:Lang-cy) is the territorial police force responsible for policing the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen in southeast Wales.
History
It was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of Monmouthshire Constabulary and Newport Borough Police. In 1974 its area was realigned to cover the new administrative county of Gwent. In 1996, the force's area was expanded to cover the former Rhymney Valley district area as a consequence of it becoming part of the Caerphilly county borough, in order to incorporate the entirety of the county borough in the police area.
The Force has its headquarters at Croesyceiliog in Cwmbran. The Chief Constable is Carmel Napier.
In 2009 Gwent Police worked with film maker Peter Watkins-Hughes to create the short film Cow as part of a campaign to stop texting while driving.[1] The film earned honours in the Advertising Age's weekly Creativity Top 5 video.[2] and became an overnight worldwide internet hit after being shown on the USA The Today Show television show.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Cow - the film that will stop you texting and driving" (web). Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "Creativity Top 5: 24 August 2009" (web). Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "Graphic film about dangers of texting is internet hit"at Wales-online.co.uk
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