West Yorkshire Police

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West Yorkshire Police
Westyorkspolice.png
Logo of the West Yorkshire Police.
Motto In the Public Service
Agency overview
Formed 1974
Preceding agencies
Employees 9,853[1]
Volunteers 403[1]
Annual budget £396.0 million[1]
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* Police area of West Yorkshire in the country of England, UK
England Police Forces (West Yorkshire).svg
Map of West Yorkshire Police's jurisdiction.
Size 2,029 km²
Population 2,108,000
Legal jurisdiction England & Wales
Governing body West Yorkshire Police Authority
Constituting instrument Police Act 1996
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Wakefield
Constables 6,225 (of which 403 are Special Constables)[1]
Police Community Support Officers 757[1]
Agency executive Sir Norman Bettison, Chief Constable
Divisions 8
Facilities
Stations 41
Website
www.westyorkshire.police.uk
Footnotes
* Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

West Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing West Yorkshire in England. It is the fourth largest force in England and Wales by number of officers, with 5671 officers.

West Yorkshire Police Authority contains 9 councillors, and 8 independent members. The councillors are appointed by the five borough councils in the area – Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.

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[edit] History

West Yorkshire Police was formed in 1974, when part of the West Yorkshire Constabulary (itself created in 1968, and covering a much larger area) was amalgamated with the Leeds City Police and Bradford City Police, under the Local Government Act 1972. The force was originally known as the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police. Some older signs around the Force area, such as the one in the reception of Millgarth Police Station in Leeds city centre read 'West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police'. The 'Metropolitan' from the police title was dropped in 1986 when the Metropolitan counties were abolished.[2][3].

A sign found outside a building in Wakefield showing the 'Metropolitan' in the force name

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on 21 March 2006 would see the force merge with North Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police to form a strategic police force for the entire region. These plans are currently under review and not expected to take place in the foreseeable future.

On 12 December 2006, Sir Norman Bettison was announced as the new Chief Constable, replacing Colin Cramphorn.

West Yorkshire Police is reported to have had £6.3 million GBP invested in failed Icelandic financial institutions.[citation needed]

[edit] Divisional structure

For operational purposes, West Yorkshire Police is divided into eight divisions. The force headquarters is on Laburnum Road to the north of Wakefield city centre along with the Force Training School at Bishopgarth. The divisions with their associated stations and divisional identifiers are:

Identifier Division Stations Area
AA North West Leeds Weetwood, Pudsey, Horsforth & Otley covering North and West Leeds[4]
BA North East Leeds Stainbeck, Killingbeck, Wetherby & Garforth covering North East Leeds, Wetherby, Boston Spa, Garforth and Micklefield[5]
CA City & Holbeck Holbeck, Millgarth, Morley & Rothwell covering Central and South Leeds[6]
DA Wakefield Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford & South Kirkby covering the Wakefield Metropolitan District area[7]
EA Kirklees Huddersfield, Dewsbury & Holmfirth covering the Kirklees Metropolitan District area[8]
FA Calderdale Halifax & Todmorden covering the Calderdale Metropolitan District area[9]
GA Bradford South Bradford South covering Central and South Bradford[10]
HA Airedale & North Bradford Keighley, Ilkley, Shipley & Eccleshill covering North Bradford and Keighley[11]

[edit] Neighbourhood Policing Teams

Within West Yorkshire Police, there is an operational focus on Neighbourhood Policing. The three 'aims' of Neighbourhood Policing are as follows[12]:

  • Dedicated and accountable teams with local ownership
  • Intelligence-led targeting of the problems that matter most to the public
  • Joint action by police, partner agencies and the public

Each division has a number of Neighbourhood Policing Teams, consisting of an Inspector; who is in turn in charge of three teams, headed by a Sergeant and made up of Police Constables, PCSOs and Special Constables. The three teams work in a shift pattern so that the neighbourhood will always have a Neighbourhood Policing Team on duty.

Below is a table of all Neighbourhood Policing Teams within West Yorkshire Police:

West Yorkshire Police: Neighbourhood Policing Teams
Division Division Name Neighbourhood Policing Teams
AA North West Leeds North West Inner; North West Inner – Hyde Park; North West Outer; West Inner; West Outer
BA North East Leeds Burmantofts & Richmond Hill; Chapel Allerton; Cross Gates, Whinmoor & Temple Newsam; Garforth, Kippax, Swillington & Methley; Gipton & Harehills; Killingbeck & Seacroft; Roundhay, Alwoodley & Moortown; Wetherby & Harewood
CA City & Holbeck City; Holbeck; Morley; Rothwell
DA Wakefield Castleford; Normanton & Featherstone; Pontefract & Knottingley; South East; Wakefield Central; Wakefield North West; Wakefield Rural
EA Kirklees Batley, Birstall & Birkenshaw; Dewsbury & Mirfield; Huddersfield South; Huddersfield North; Kirkburton & Denby Dale; Spen Valley; The Valleys
FA Calderale Halifax Central; Halifax North & East; Lower Valley; Upper Valley
GA Bradford South NP Area 1; NP Area 2; NP Area 3; NP Area 4; NP Area 5; NP Area 6
HA Airedale & North Bradford Bingley & Worth; Eccleshill; Keighley; North Bradford; Shipley; Wharfedale & Craven


[edit] Former Divisions

From the mid 1990s, there were seventeen geographical divisions within West Yorkshire Police[13]; however from 2000 onwards the number of divisions decreased as the move towards aligning police divisions with local council wards was implemented. In the present day there are eight geographical divisions.

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Former 17 divisions of West Yorkshire Police


The grid below outlines the mergers of the former divisions to the eight operational divisions today.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

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Former West Yorkshire Police divisions from 2000 to present.


[edit] Notable cases

[edit] Officers killed in the line of duty

See also: List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

The Police Memorial Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.

Since 1900 the following officers of West Yorkshire Police are listed by the Trust as having died during the course of their duties in attempting to prevent, stop or solve a criminal act:[34]

  • PC Mark Goodlad, 2011 (struck by a HGV on the M1 whilst assisting the driver of a broken down vehicle)
  • PC Conal Daood Hills, 2006 (fatally injured when his vehicle crashed during a police pursuit)
  • PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 2005 (shot dead attending a robbery)
  • PC Ian Nigel Broadhurst, 2003 (shot dead by David Bieber)
  • Sgt John Richard Speed, 1984 (shot dead; posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct)
  • Sgt Michael Hawcroft, 1981 (stabbed; posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct)
  • Insp Barry John Taylor, 1970 (shot dead; posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct)
  • PC Charles John Skevington, 1955 (fatally injured when his vehicle crashed during a police pursuit)
  • DI Duncan Alexander Fraser and PC Arthur Gordon Jagger, 1951 (both shot dead attempting to arrest a suspected burglar)
  • Sgt Naylor Whitaker, 1949 (died from injuries sustained in an assault in 1940)
  • PC Duncan Alexander Fraser, 1946 (shot dead)
  • PC Arthur Joseph Webb, 1923 (died from injuries sustained in a violent assault in 1920)
  • PC Alfred Haddon Hudson, 1910 (fatally injured attending a disturbance)
  • PC Albert Smith, 1907 (died from an illness contracted after being assaulted during an arrest)

  • Otley Police Station

  • Millgarth Police Station in Leeds. The hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper was conducted from here.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Home Office Performance and Measurement: West Yorkshire Police
  2. ^ West Yorkshire Police: Policing History[dead link]
  3. ^ West Yorkshire Police: Policing Firsts[dead link]
  4. ^ "North West Leeds Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=11. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "North East Leeds Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=21. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "City & Holbeck Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=16. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "Wakefield Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=15. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "Kirklees Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=9. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "Calderdale Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=7. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Bradford South Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=17. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "Airedale & North Bradford Division". Wypnpt.org. http://www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=10. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  12. ^ The Aims of Neighbourhood Policing[dead link]
  13. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Replay.waybackmachine.org. 13 October 2002. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20021013043256/http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/recruiting/index.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  14. ^ "The new Calderdale Division". Web Archive. 1 January 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030101131732/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/calderdalechanges.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  15. ^ "The new Wakefield Division". Web Archive. 26 July 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010726184827/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/wakefield.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "Millgarth Division". Web Archive. 13 December 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20011213235200/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/millgarth.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  17. ^ "Pudsey Division". Web Archive. 14 June 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020614233401/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/pudsey.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  18. ^ "Chapeltown Division". Web Archive. 17 August 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020817064422/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/chapeltown.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  19. ^ "Weetwood Division". Web Archive. 17 April 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020417030800/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/weetwood.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  20. ^ "Killingbeck Division". Web Archive. 15 June 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020615002619/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/killingbeck.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  21. ^ "Holbeck Division". Web Archive. 17 August 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020817065004/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/holbeck.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  22. ^ "Keighley Division". Web Archive. 11 April 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020411085925/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/bfdkeighley.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  23. ^ "Bradford North Division". Web Archive. 11 April 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020411113315/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/bfdnorth.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  24. ^ "Bradford South Division". Web Archive. 16 August 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010816023951/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/bfdsouth.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  25. ^ "Huddersfield Division". Web Archive. 17 April 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020417080648/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/hudds.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  26. ^ "Dewsbury Division". Web Archive. 11 April 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020411113144/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/dewsbury.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  27. ^ "The new City & Holbeck Division". Web Archive. 3 October 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031003085931/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/cityandholbeck.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  28. ^ "The new Pudsey & Weetwood Division". Web Archive. 12 April 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030412235213/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/Divisions/pudseyweetwood.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  29. ^ "The new Kirklees Division". Web Archive. 5 March 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050305085737/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/section-item.asp?sid=12&iid=1300. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  30. ^ "The new North East Leeds Division". Web Archive. 2 April 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070402034200/www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=21. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  31. ^ "Merger of old Chapeltown and Killingbeck divisions". BBC News. 13 July 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/5175774.stm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  32. ^ "The new North West Leeds Division". Web Archive. 24 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071024195902/www.wypnpt.org/Division.asp?id=11. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  33. ^ "Proposals to merge two of the three Bradford divisions". Web Archive. 20 January 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080120071816/www.westyorkshire.police.uk/section-item.asp?sid=12&iid=3781. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  34. ^ [1][dead link]

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