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| Gwent Police Heddlu Gwent | |
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 Logo of Gwent Police | |
| Motto | Protecting and Reassuring Amddiffyn a Chysuro |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1967 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Annual budget | £142.2 million (2020/21)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Gwent, Wales |
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| Gwent Police area within Wales | |
| Size | 1,554 square kilometres (600 sq mi) |
| Population | 576,700 (2011)[2] |
| Primary governing body | Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner |
| Secondary governing body | Independent Police Complaints Commission Independent Office for Police Conduct Home Office |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | |
| Headquarters | Croesyceiliog |
| Police officers | 1,308 (plus 70 special constables) (2020)[3] |
| PCSOs | 115 (2020)[3] |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Divisions | List
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 17 |
| Vehicles | 174[4] |
| Website | |
| www | |
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.
The force 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, and in 1996, it was expanded again to cover the former Rhymney Valley district area that had become part of the Caerphilly county borough.
As of March 2020[update], the force has 1,308 police officers, 70 special constables, 115 police community support officers (PCSO), 40 police support volunteers (PSV), and 647 staff.[3]
- ^ "Police Funding for England & Wales, 2015-2021" (PDF). Home Office. July 2020.
- ^ "The work of Welsh Government funded Community Support Officers, Appendix E - Gwent Police Force Area Report" (PDF). Government of Wales. 26 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Data tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2020 third edition'". Home Office. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Fleet List of Gwent Police Vehicles - a Freedom of Information request to Gwent Police". 27 February 2018.