Public protection agency helps force to keep communities safe

KEEPING our community safe is an around-theclock job for Dyfed-Powys Police.

One of the key areas the force deals with is the protection ofadults and children under the umbrella of its MAPPA scheme (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements).

Journal chief reporter IAN LEWIS spoke to Detective InspectorGary Mills about his unit's work and the introduction of a newpublic referral unit for the force at its headquarters inLlangunnor.

THE work of the force's public protection agency brings togetherthe police, probation and prison services, and nationally MAPPAdraws together each of the 42 areas in England and Wales.

DI Mills explained: "We …