Heddlu Dyfed Powys Police is the single largest geographical police service in England and Wales covering an area of 4,188 square miles and more than half the land mass of Wales. From one end to the other is over 160 miles. Within the area policed by Heddlu Dyfed Powys Police there is a high proportion of Welsh speakers and in many areas it is many people's first language. The force's legal obligations as a public body under the Welsh Language Act of 1993 require them to produce a Welsh Language Scheme and Strategy. The intention of the strategy is to increase the number of staff and officers who have the confidence to communicate through the medium of Welsh. A positive step in Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police's efforts to offer an improved citizen focused approach to policing is that they have now employed a Welsh language advisor to develop and promote Welsh language issues within the organisation. This follows the excellent and ground-breaking work done by North Wales Police to promote and develop the use of the Welsh language within its policing services. Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police Welsh language advisor, Lisa O'Connor, is based at Police Headquarters in Carmarthen. Recently, a handful of brave volunteers, both staff and officers, ventured to the rain-battered old county and market town of Cardigan to voice a language training CD. The CD is designed to be a self-learning resource for officers, staff and police authority members to offer language courtesy in a range of situations, from a simple conversation to opening a formal meeting. Lisa O'Connor is also in the process of delivering Welsh language and cultural awareness sessions and workshops to officers and staff to ensure they are equipped with the appropriate skills and competence that meet National Occupational Standards and the needs of the communities that are served. For some in the organisation, the production of this learning CD will be their first opportunity to listen to the language and learn a few phrases, for others it will be a tool for revision, having attended a course. Lisa O'Connor, Welsh language advisor, said: "It's vitally important that both police officers and staff can provide language choice and linguistic courtesy to the public, especially when taking into consideration the linguistic profile of the area that we serve."