And fun on a street full of high spirits

Then PC Truscott spots something somewhat familiar.

“That guy is dressed as a police officer. It’s an offence to impersonate a police officer,” he joked, before posing for a picture with the reveller.

He is quickly joined by streams of others wanting selfies, undoubtedly for their social media accounts, and is also told how his ‘costume is fantastic,’ and bizarrely, asked if he has a lighter.

It is a jovial environment, as the hard-working officers enjoy talking to revellers. Then comes that mood change.

Officers are informed by bouncers they are needed outside Fiction nightclub.

It’s only 10.30pm, but a young lad has already been turned away from entering, and is causing a scene.

He is quickly calmed down by officers, offered words of advice, and his demeanor changes to a less aggressive one.

He is walked away from the area on foot and everything is back to normal. But not for long. Another call comes through on the police radio, this time informing them of an incident in Green Dragon Lane, where there are reports of three men in possession of drugs.

Quickly marching over to the area, officers find the men based on their description, and inform them they are to be searched under the misuse of drugs act.

But while two comply with the searches, which ultimately prove negative, the third, a man from Townhill, makes a break for it.

He runs away on to The Strand and tries to flee the search, but officers, and a fellow bouncer, are too quick for him. After an unpleasant collision with a wheely bin while running away, he is detained by officers on the ground, before being brought to his feet and over to a wall to be spoken to.

Insisting he is “not resisting”, he is read his rights as he is arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs.

Due to the persistent rain, a police van arrives where a proper search is carried out, before he is taken into custody.

Elsewhere, the party is getting into full flow in Wind Street, but it’s not long before the officers are called into action again.

“Dr Emmett Brown” from Back to the Future is spotted near the Salubrious Place lane, but not like you have seen him before. The man dressed up as the famous character is urinating against a wall, and gets a stern few words from PC Howell.

“I told him he could have a £90 fine if he doesn’t move on quickly,” she said.

Nearby, something catches the officers’ eye.

This time it’s a well-known beggar, who PC Howell observes asking for change on three different occasions, clutching a cup in her hands.

She is spoken to by the officer, and moves on without argument.

Another beggar is present as we make our way past Vue Cinema.

PC Howell says: “You’re going to have to move on, you’ve got five minutes.”

PC Truscott adds: “We always try to give them a chance before any notice is issued.”

Watching from afar, the beggar does indeed move on after a few minutes, accepting the police’s advice.

“If she had not moved, she would have been given a section else 35 dispersal order,” PC Truscott explained.

“It’s a balancing act, we’re not here to harass them, and often have a rapport with a lot of them.”

There are said to be 50 prolific beggars in Swansea city centre at the moment, some of whom, it has been discovered, have their own homes.

The officers explain: “We’re not approaching beggars because we don’t like them, it’s not a case of the ones who are being given food, it’s the ones who are begging to get money for other substances.

“You have people coming from Bridgend, Cardiff and other areas because they know how much money can be made.

“They know people will give them money while they’re drunk.”

Returning to their vehicle, we find the unusual sight of a parking ticket on the windscreen of the police car, something PC Truscott admitted he had never seen before, before returning to Swansea Central police station.