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Welcome to the Wakefield Neighbourhood Policing HomepageIndex...(Please click on your nearest town/village)
Divisional Commander : Chief Superintendent Marc Callaghan To view this video content you need the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player now. You can contact the police at any time by telephone. Telephone 999 in an emergency where there is a danger to life, or a crime is in progress. Telephone 0845 6060606 for non-emergencies where police attendance is required, to report a crime or to report any other incidents. Wood Street - Divisional Headquarters Wakefield WF1 2HJ Open 24 hours - 7 days a week Full disabled access 01924 293259 Pontefract Sessions House Yard Pontefract WF8 1BN Open 7 days a week 7am to midnight Full disabled access 01977 601059 Castleford Jessop Street Castleford WF10 1DQ Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm (closed between 12:30 and 1:30pm ) Full disabled access 01924 206216 Read about Castleford Police Station - the oldest operational police station in the country. South Kirkby Stockingate South Kirkby Monday to Saturday - 8am to 6pm (closed 1pm to 2pm) Full disabled access 01977 601077 Divisional Profile Home of the famous liquorice Pontefract cakes, the Wakefield District Division follows the merger of Wakefield and Pontefract Divisions on April 23, 2001. The division includes the city of Wakefield and major towns of Pontefract, Castleford, South Kirkby, South Elmsall, Ossett, Hemsworth and Normanton. More than 310,000 people live in the division, which has always historically had Wakefield as it's administrative centre. The area is 130 square miles and has an ethnic minority population of about 2%. The division has excellent motorway links, intersecting the M1 and M62, and the Westgate railway station links to the mainline routes, both north and southbound. There are three main retail parks, Freeport at Castleford and the Ridings Shopping Centre and Cathedral Retail Park in Wakefield. Tourist attractions include Pugneys Country Park and Wintersett Reservoir, Wakefield Cathedral, the Nostell Priory, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The National Coal Mining Museum, Xscape, Pontefract and Sandal Castles The division also contains two prisons, a women's prison at Newhall and a maximum security prison in Wakefield. Sport features strongly in the area with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Featherstone Rovers and Castleford Tigers Rugby League grounds together with Leeds United Reserves and Emley Town football clubs West Yorkshire Police Headquarters and the Force Training and Development Centre at Bishopgarth are also based within the Division. |
Monthly Message
Each team is led by a local Police Inspector and the teams now work seven days a week. Your local Neighbourhood Policing teams are working hard together with local councillors and partners to ensure that you feel safe in your neighbourhood. I live in the District and I know that it is important that people feel confident to tell the police about the issues and individuals who are affecting their quality of life and the ‘feelgood’ factor in their community. I will ensure that your new policing teams work tirelessly to create this confidence by visibly targeting the criminal, transferring the fear of crime back where it belongs, with the criminal. The teams will create regular opportunities to tell you what we and our partners are doing to ensure that your neighbourhood is a safe and secure place to be. I recognise the importance of providing a high quality service to you and I want to make sure that whenever you contact us you have a positive experience. I cannot guarantee that we will always be able to solve every crime or incident that is reported to us but I can guarantee that we will try our very best to do so. Above all I will ensure that everyone within my Division understands the importance of responding professionally and appropriately to the needs and expectations of your community.
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