{"id":14438,"date":"2012-11-20T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2012-11-20T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T14:39:00","slug":"alun-michael-is-first-south-wales-pcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/20\/alun-michael-is-first-south-wales-pcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Alun Michael is first South Wales PCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14443 \" title=\"Alun Michael 1 cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped.png 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14443 \" title=\"Alun Michael 1 cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/Alun-Michael-1-cropped.png 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alun Michael looks forward to the challenge of the new role<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Labour candidate Alun Michael has been elected as South Wales&#8217;s first Police and Crime Commissioner this week. After a second round count, Mr Michael was elected with 54% of the votes.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Michael has reiterated that the main aim of the police must be to cut crime, by targeting resources at communities to make them feel safe, and that the priorities of the police force must reflect the needs of the public.<\/p>\n<p>On being elected this week Mr Michael said, \u201cI am delighted to take up the new role. It will be challenging, as it is not defined. The real challenge is to build relationships with chief constable and with the police as well as other partners in the wider community, including local authorities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour candidate Alun Michael has been elected as South Wales&#8217;s first Police and Crime Commissioner this week. After a second round count, Mr Michael was elected with 54% of the votes. Mr Michael has reiterated that the main aim of the police must be to cut crime, by targeting resources at communities to make them feel safe, and that the priorities of the police force must reflect the needs of the public. On being elected this week Mr Michael said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":15170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2562,2563,2564,2565,2566,40],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-cardiff-pcc","tag-pcc-elections","tag-pcc-elections-opposition","tag-pcc-south-wales","tag-police-and-crime-commissioner-candidates","tag-south-wales-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alun Michael is first South Wales PCC - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/20\/alun-michael-is-first-south-wales-pcc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alun Michael is first South Wales PCC - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Labour candidate Alun Michael has been elected as South Wales&#8217;s first Police and Crime Commissioner this week. 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