About South Wales Police
The HMI for this force is Dru Sharpling. Contact her via the Western regional office.
- The force covers rural areas, including former mining communities, and two conurbations – Cardiff and Swansea.
- Cardiff, the capital city, has a high concentration of pubs and bars, and hosts numerous major sporting events. It is home to the Welsh Assembly.
- There are some significant pockets of deprivation across the force area.
- South Wales Police is the lead force in the region for delivering ‘protective services’ – specialist policing services against major and complex threats, such as organised crime.
- The force also collaborates with other Welsh forces on areas including serious and organised crime.
Most similar group of forces (peer forces)
South Yorkshire
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Northumbria
Cleveland
Durham
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Northamptonshire