Robert Moelwyn Jones, CBE (27 January 1955 – 1 July 2014) was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Wolverhampton City Council from 1980 to 2013[2][3] and as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012-14.

[4] He was elected West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner on 15 November 2012,[2] becoming the first person to hold the post, until his death on 1 July 2014.

[8] Jones served as a non-executive director of the Black Country Cluster PCT Boards and chaired various other local community organisations and trusts.

Turnout in the West Midlands was 238,384 (12%), with Jones beating the Conservative Party candidate, Matt Bennett, winning 117,388 votes in total.

Despite only having powers over chief constables, a lot is happening that causes concern", adding that, "short-term political considerations have greater weight than long-term sustainability in many PCC policing budgets.

He concluded that "the easy way to be a PCC is to not make any unpopular decisions about having the resources to hold the force to account, and act like a ceremonial mayor – cutting ribbons, taking the photo opportunities and launching a few initiatives.

Everything else is left to the chief constable in the hope that he or she doesn't mess up or, more cynically, in the belief that you can get away with sacking them and passing on the blame before the next election.