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Leave a CommentSome police forces in Wales have stopped recruiting new officers due to budget cut fears. Dyfed-Powys has suspended its next intake of officers while South Wales Police is filling officer vacancies but has frozen civilian posts. North Wales Police said it introduced a freeze on both officer and civilian recruitment in April and it would remain in place until at least the end of the financial year. This has led to concern over rising crime levels. Chief Constable Ian Arundale of Dyfed-Powys said: "There is an obvious risk that this could lead to an increase in crime both nationally and locally.”
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Police are using surveillance images to solve an incident when a man in a Halloween disguise robbed a petrol station in Cardiff armed with an axe. The robbery at the Co-op garage on Llantrisant Road in Danescourt, Llandaff happened just after midnight a week ago on Monday. He threatened a female member of staff before demanding cash. Police want to trace a man who bought the same type of mask from the garage two weeks ago. Anyone with information is asked to contact either Fairwater CID or 
Police are using surveillance images to solve an incident when a man in a Halloween disguise robbed a petrol station in Cardiff armed with an axe. The robbery at the Co-op garage on Llantrisant Road in Danescourt, Llandaff happened just after midnight a week ago on Monday. He threatened a female member of staff before demanding cash. Police want to trace a man who bought the same type of mask from the garage two weeks ago. Anyone with information is asked to contact either Fairwater CID or 
Cardiff police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an assault on a student. Officers say a 20-year-old woman was walking home from the city centre in the early hours of September 26 when she was attacked in Cathays Terrace. The man they wish to speak to is seen on CCTV footage walking with her through the Cathays area. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Cathays CID on 02920 527 267.
Students are being warned not to overload electrical sockets after a halls of residence in Bangor was evacuated. The incident at Cefn y Coed on the Ffriddoedd site on Monday was a result of an electrical short circuit. Eilian Roberts, watch manager at Bangor Fire Station, said. "We expect some false alarms at the beginning of a new term as people settle in their residence, but we are concerned about repeated false alarms that tie up our resources and are particularly keen to prevent more serious incidents," he said.
A prominent Minister has been angered by publicly stated concerns about police cuts. Key finance figure Danny Alexander said the Police Federation – which represents rank-and-file officers in England and Wales – was being “irresponsible” when it did not even know yet how deep the cuts would be. The body said that forces would suffer if they were required to find cuts in the order of 25%. However, Mr Alexander told ITV1′s Tonight programme that these interventions were "irresponsible statements”.
Another inmate has fled from an open prison in Wales following an incident last month. Twenty-two year old Lee David Pearson, who is not a sex offender and is not serving a life sentence, absconded from HMP Prescoed near Usk at the weekend. He was convicted at Swansea Crown Court on 31 December 2009, and has contacts in the Neath and Port Talbot areas. Pearson is described as 5ft 10 ins (1.8m) tall, 78 kg, black with shaved dark hair and dark eyes. Anyone who has information is asked to call Gwent Police on 01633 838111.
The Federation of Small Businesses Wales said that its own research indicated that two thirds of small businesses have been a victim of crime costing them up to £3,000. Welsh policy chair for the FSB, Janet Jones, said: “The Government needs to step up and engage with this important sector of the community. It is paramount that the Government sets out the right local agenda to protect these firms. We cannot watch small businesses being repeatedly victimised and as a result forced to close. Businesses need to be encouraged to report crime as soon as it happens.”
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said a changing room at Merthyr Tydfil Football Club has been badly damaged by fire. The emergency services added that the fire was confined to the two-storey room. Crews from Merthyr, Aberdare and Rhymney were called to the Penydarren Park ground in the early hours of the morning on Sunday. A fire service spokesman said it was believed that the fire had begun accidentally. Luckily leaders Merthyr had been playing away in the Toolstation Western League Division One on Saturday.