Gwent Police
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Gwent Police Heddlu Gwent |
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Badge of the Gwent Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1967 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Annual budget | £119,539,273 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Police area of Gwent in the country of 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 |
1,204 (including 138 Special Constables) |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | Jeffrey Cuthbert |
| Agency executive | Jeff Farrar, Chief Constable |
| Divisions |
List
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 22 |
| Website | |
| www.gwent.police.uk | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
1,204 (including 138 Special Constables)
Gwent Police (Welsh: Heddlu Gwent) is a territorial police force in Wales, responsible for policing the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen .
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. From April 2011 Chief Constable was Carmel Napier. Jeff Farrar was confirmed as Chief Constable in November 2013 after carrying out the role in a temporary capacity from June 2013.
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. The film earned honours in the Advertising Age's weekly Creativity Top 5 video. and became an overnight worldwide internet hit after being shown on the USA The Today Show television show.
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