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Wednesday, 3 January, 2024 More than 300 suspected drink or drug drivers were arrested in West Yorkshire over the Christmas and New Year period.  
West Yorkshire Police is warning drivers and motorcyclists of the potentially very serious consequences of using their vehicles after drinking or taking drugs this festive season.
Drug Rape or Drink and Needle Spiking advice. From advice such as never leaving your drink unattended to advice about eliminating the chances of drug rape.
West Yorkshire Police would like to raise the awareness around drugs and their link to serious organised crime with hope that drug users may rethink their decisions. Drugs are linked to violence, child criminal exploitation, Child Sexual Exploitation, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, Firearms, and other areas of Serious and Organised Crime.
West Yorkshire Police campaigns summary page - including the Neighbourhood Policing - Here for Good Campaign and also the new West Yorkshire Police Burglary Campaign.
Spiking is when someone puts alcohol or drugs into another person’s drink or body without their consent or knowledge. This is illegal even if no other offence is committed. People can also be the victims of ‘needle spiking’, which is injecting someone with drugs without their consent. Spiking can happen to anyone anywhere – no matter their gender, sexuality or ethnicity – and can be carried out by strangers or by people you know.
Mobile phones when driving – The Law
Friday, March 22, 2024A man has appeared in court charged with a drugs and driving offences after police found a car containing a significant quantity of cocaine abandoned near Halifax last year.
The Department for Education has launched the second phase of their ‘Together, we can tackle child abuse’ campaign www.gov.uk/tacklechildabuse
West Yorkshire Police is supporting a national Haji Campaign run by the City of London Police, which is the UK policing lead for fraud.
The ‘Not With My Name’ campaign, produced in partnership with the City of London Police (National Policing Lead for Fraud) is targeting identity crime in our communities.
Police Community Support Officers Logan and Miles, will be holding a ‘magical’ Christmas story telling session in partnership with Halton Library, Selby Road which has been kindly funded by the local ward Councillors.
Sexual assault advice and help for students. If you have been raped or sexually assaulted please remember it is not your fault. Regardless of what you might have been wearing, how much you’d had to drink or who was involved, we will never treat any type of rape as more or less serious than any other. West Yorkshire Police treat all reports of rape and sexual assault very seriously.