A NEW face will be pounding the beat in Dawlish very soon.

PCSO Adrian Ovreiu, above, is

joining the team in the resort after several years working from Teignmouth Police Station.

He’s already familiar with the town as his beat included the Dawlish rural area.

Romanian-born Adrian is bilingual, which a spokesman said could no doubt come in handy at times.

Dawlish Neighbourhood Beat Manager Mark Hogan added: ‘If you see Adrian out and about, please go up and say hello and make him welcome. He’s very approachable and he’d like to get to know the people in the town.’