Three police cadets have been recruited to assist the Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed Sara Edwards in her official duties.
Will Lloyd, from Pembrokeshire, Ffion Jenkins, of Carmarthenshire, and Rhodri Hughes, of Ceredigion, have been assigned to help out with her official duties and ceremonial tasks as local representative of Her Majesty the Queen.
Will is a 16-year-old from Pembroke. He attends Bush School and has been a Police Cadet for 18 months.
They will provide additional support alongside the military cadets who already work with the Lord Lieutenant.
Chief Constable Mark Collins said: “The three cadets have been selected by their Neighbourhood Policing Teams in recognition of the significant contribution they have already made to the Police Cadets’ programme.
“This is an excellent opportunity for our cadets and I am pleased to support the Lord Lieutenant in this exciting and important development.”
Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed Sara Edwards said: “As Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed, I am delighted to appoint three Lord-Lieutenant police cadets representing all three counties of Dyfed. It is the first time that this has happened and I look forward to their involvement in the course of my official duties. They will be joining the Lord-Lieutenant cadets from the Armed Forces who already accompany me to official engagements and on Royal visits and I very much hope that as a result of their involvement in the Lieutenancy that more young people may be encouraged to join the cadet scheme.”
The National Volunteer Police Cadets is supported by the Association of Chief Officers. The scheme is undertaken by the majority of Police Services across the UK.
The scheme was launched in Dyfed-Powys in 2015. Ffion is one of original 19 cadets who started the two year programme then.
The cadets meet every week and take part in local community initiatives and police campaigns. The scheme aims to develop an understanding of the police amongst young people, to encourage good citizenship and inspire young people to participate positively in their communities and support local policing priorities.