Helen Newlove, whose husband Gary was murdered after he confronted a gang of vandals in Warrington in August 2007, went on the beat with North Wales Police for the Channel 4 documentary, Dispatches, 'A Widow's War on Yobs' which was aired on Saturday, July 5.

Mrs Newlove spent four hours with the Colwyn Bay team in May and was said to be "impressed" by the force's 'zero tolerance' policy.
Insp Jane Banham, who spoke to her about various methods of policing described the experience as "really positive."

"She heard about the way we deal with underage drinking after it was announced breathalysers would be trialled on young people in Colwyn Bay."

Officers demonstrated equipment used on youngsters including the breath testing devices, headcams and alcohol testing strips.

Mrs Newlove, who started a campaign to enforce harsher punishments on young people committing criminal acts after her husband's death, argued the price of alcohol needs to be increased and praised the tough stance on underage drinking taken by North Wales Police. She stressed parents should be involved in preventing underage drinking and as a result criminal activities. Dispersal orders used by police in Colwyn Bay mean youngsters will be asked to leave an area and not to return within a certain period of time. Children can also be escorted back to their homes and footage recorded by police using a head cam can then be shown to parents.