I’ve lived in South Wales my whole life.

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Community is at the heart of everything I believe.

It’s why I serve as a local councillor and school governor. It’s why I’m so passionate about making our communities safe. And it’s why I’m standing to be your Police and Crime Commissioner.

I’ve been working with residents across South Wales on a plan to protect our communities.

Our Plan will:

1. Deliver more police, safer streets – by ensuring all resources are focused on core policing and frontline services. By taking full advantage of all government police recruitment grants. And by exceeding police recruitment targets.

2. Stop violent crime and drug gangs – by using effective stop and search to make our streets safe.

3. Stamp out antisocial behaviour – by taking a zero tolerance approach.

4. Combat extremism – by giving the police all the resources they need to protect us from terrorism. And actively promoting the government’s Prevent programme to stop radicalisation.

5. Stop shoplifting – with targeted hotspot patrols. And by investing in more CCTV and surveillance.

6. Cut rural crime – by maintaining a dedicated rural crime team to protect our countryside communities and farms.

But I can’t deliver Our Plan alone. We need your help to put it into action.

Our Police and Crime Commissioner sets the strategic priorities of the police.

That’s why I’m asking you, whoever you usually support, to join your neighbours in lending me your vote.

By lending me your vote, you’ll help to deliver Our Plan.

Together, we’ll deliver more police and safer streets. And we’ll make all our communities safe.

Prepared by Rebekah Fudge on behalf of George Carroll, both of CCHQ Wales, Cardiff CF14 5DU