{"id":1556,"date":"2014-02-14T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T09:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2014-02-14T09:21:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T09:21:41","slug":"south-wales-police-commissioner-condemns-tory-police-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/14\/south-wales-police-commissioner-condemns-tory-police-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"South Wales Police Commissioner condemns Tory police cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1558\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Commissioner2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1558\" alt=\"The Commissioner met representatives from the PSCOs, Age Cymru, Neighbourhood Watch and South Wales Dog Section\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Commissioner2-1024x590.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1558\" alt=\"The Commissioner met representatives from the PSCOs, Age Cymru, Neighbourhood Watch and South Wales Dog Section\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Commissioner2-1024x590.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Commissioner met representatives from the PSCOs, Age Cymru, Neighbourhood Watch and South Wales Dog Section<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAlun Michael, Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, is reflecting on the drop in police numbers across the UK since 2009.<br \/>\n\u201cThe severe drop came after the conservatives came in. Labour invested in more police officers and the Conservatives cut back.\u201d<br \/>\nFigures show the number of officers in South Wales Police dropped by over 600 between 2009 and 2013.<br \/>\nIn addition, this year the police grant has been cut by 7.8 per cent in real terms. Since 2010, it&#8217;s been slashed by almost 30 per cent, including inflation.<br \/>\nMr Michael doesn\u2019t mince his words when identifying central government\u2019s motive: \u201cDavid Cameron was special advisor to Michael Howard at the time when there were major rows over police salaries and conditions.<br \/>\n\u201cI have the feeling that there is some resentment in David Cameron\u2019s soul from those days.\u201d<br \/>\nAlun Michael was elected to the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in November 2012, the first position of its kind in South Wales.<br \/>\nCommissioners were introduced to make the police more accountable to the public, as well as to improve the links between the police and their local communities and provide a check on the decisions made by the chief constable.<br \/>\nThey set police budgets and even determine strategies for reducing crime. On the face of it, these are heavy responsibilities.<br \/>\nBut since their introduction in 2012, many have questioned whether the role of commissioner is really necessary.<br \/>\n\u201c15 months on, I can see how it works if you\u2019ve got the will to do things,\u201d Mr Michael insists.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m lucky, I\u2019ve got a very good chief constable in Peter Vaughan.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve both learnt a hell of a lot over the last year or so and we\u2019re applying that, and I think we\u2019ll see the benefits a year or two down the line.\u201d<br \/>\nFor now, Mr Michael says the important thing is to continue to successfully reduce crime in South Wales while battling with a shrinking budget and fewer officers on the ground.<br \/>\nTo do this, the police must develop new strategies and partnerships as well as forging strong links with the local community.<br \/>\nAnd attempts to get started are already underway.<br \/>\n\u201cI think South Wales police in recent years have become better and better at that engagement with the community,\u201d Mr Michael says.<br \/>\nAt least part of the reason for this, he thinks, can be traced back to the miners\u2019 strikes of the 1980s.<br \/>\n\u201cIn most communities in South Wales there would be members of the family on the police side of the picket lines and cousins and uncles and brothers on the other side.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd actually policing was handled more sensitively during the minor\u2019s strike in South Wales that it was in other places, and that was partly because of the intertwined nature of the communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alun Michael, Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, is reflecting on the drop in police numbers across the UK since 2009. \u201cThe severe drop came after the conservatives came in. Labour invested in more police officers and the Conservatives cut back.\u201d Figures show the number of officers in South Wales Police dropped by over 600 between 2009 and 2013. In addition, this year the police grant has been cut by 7.8 per cent in real terms. 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