A police chief who’s retiring has been hailed as a “game-changing” champion of vulnerable and downtrodden people.
After five years as North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Arfon Jones decided to stand down at the election on May 6 although he will remain in post until the official handover to his successor six days later.
Mr Jones, a former police inspector, was elected as the Plaid Cymru candidate in the 2016 poll, with a landslide 25,000 majority after campaigning for drug law reform and more action to tackle domestic abuse.
The two issues were front and centre throughout his period of office which was extended by a year when the election originally due last year was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.