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West Yorkshire Police is the Home Office 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. The Chief Constable, Colin Cramphorn, has been in post since November 2002.
West Yorkshire Police Authority contains 9 councillors, 3 magistrates and 5 independent members. The councillors are appointed by the five borough councils in the area - Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
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. [http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/section-item.asp?sid=10&iid=343
Proposals made by the Home Secretary on March 21, 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. *
Divisional structure
West Yorkshire Police for operational purposes is divided into ten divisions. The force headquarters is in the city of Wakefield. The divisions (with their associated stations and divisional identifiers) are:
- AA - Pudsey/Weetwood Division (Pudsey, Weetwood & Otley) - covering north and west Leeds
- AC - Chapeltown Division (Chapeltown & Wetherby} - covering north east Leeds
- BB - Killingbeck Division (Killingbeck & Garforth) - covering east Leeds
- CA - City & Holbeck Division (Millgarth, Holbeck, Morley & Rothwell) - covering central and south Leeds
- DA - Wakefield District Division (Wakefield, Normanton, Ossett, Pontefract, Castleford & South Kirkby)
- EA - Kirklees Division (Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton & Slaithwaite)
- FA - Calderdale Division (Halifax, Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge, Ovenden, Todmorden & Hebden Bridge)
- GA - Bradford South Division (Bradford Central & Odsal)
- HA - Bradford North Division (Eccleshill & Toller Lane)
- HD - Keighley Division (Keighley, Bingley, Shipley & Ilkley)
See also
External links
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