A POLICE boss has spoken of his pride after receiving an award for the open and transparent way he and his staff operate.

North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, a former police inspector from Harlech, has been given a Transparency Quality Mark by CoPaCC, an organisation that monitors police governance.

The award was presented for making information accessible on his website so that member of the public can keep tabs on what he’s up to.

Mr Jones, a former police inspector who was elected last May, has been calling for more openness and transparency in public life for many years.

He said: “This award gives me particular pleasure because I have strong views about the importance of this matter.

“I think we need to move away from the fact that we just publish what we legally have to and say that we publish everything, and that not publishing information is the exception to the rule rather than the norm."

Read the full story in Thursday’s north editions of the Cambrian News