POLICE in Chepstow will be candid with their camera when they launch a new campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The new campaign which is named Operation Exodus will involve specially trained officers using a hand-held camera to patrol the streets of Chepstow.

They will record people who are acting inappropriately in order to stamp out anti-social behaviour.

Police cameras have been put to good use by police in the past across the country especially in football grounds, where hand held cameras have been a vital tool in getting rid of hooligans.

The new operation will be put into place between the 20th and the 25th of February and it has been introduced to address the concerns of residents and businesses who have encountered intimidation and vandalism.

CADRO officer Tony O'Connor has said: "Officers will be using a vigorous approach to combat anti-social behaviour.

"There will be specially trained officers using a hand held video camera to assist in evidence gathering, with both PCSOs and officers involved in the operation.

"Operation Exodus is going to be introduced because we have had an upsurge of complaints about the behaviour of a minority of people in Chepstow."

Sergeant Sam Atkinson of Chepstow police has said:"We need to show that anti-social behaviour in Chepstow is going to stop and that we the police are going to help the community with the problems they have been telling us about.

"With the aid of more officers that are trained to use better technology we will gather more evidence that will result in more arrests. We are not there to hide, so this is an overt, high visibility operation and we hope it will have a longer lasting effect."