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Knife crime can have devastating consequences – not only for the wider communities of the county - but also those individuals directly caught up in it including families of people injured or killed through knife crime or sent to prison because of it.   Our Knife Crime Parents' leaflet can be found below
Wednesday 12 October 2022 Police have pledged more highly visible operations are planned to keep the public safe in Huddersfield following an operation to detect concealed weapons yesterday.
Ride Along Scheme - Are you interested in seeing how Stop and Search powers are used in your Policing district? Do you have some understanding of Stop and Search powers and want to know more? Find our more about the Stop and Search Ride Along Scheme here.
The police stop and search people in order to make communities safer. The main purpose of stop and search powers is to enable police officers to allay or confirm suspicions about individuals without exercising their power of arrest. This page also contains information about the Stop and Search Ride Along Scheme, and how to apply to take part.
Friday May 26, 2023 Dangerous weapons including zombie knives have been seized and over 50 arrests made in a week of action to reduce knife crime in West Yorkshire.  
Wednesday, 13 March, 2024Hard-hitting messages on knife crime have reached thousands of young people across Leeds during a month-long awareness campaign linked to the imposing Knife Angel sculpture’s visit to the city.
Tuesday November 14, 2023 Police have begun a blitz against offenders and the weapons they can carry after launching twin operations targeting violent crime in West Yorkshire.  
Friday November 25, 2023 More than 150 knives have been seized from the streets and 60 arrests made in a week of action to reduce knife and violent crime in West Yorkshire 
Stop it Now Campaign. Viewing and sharing indecent images of children online is a serious and growing problem. West Yorkshire Police has embarked on a new partnership with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation to deter people from committing offences, and to stop if they’re already doing it.
The policing of wildlife crime is a specialist subject. West Yorkshire Police have appointed Wildlife Crime Officers (WCOs) who, along with their normal duties, volunteer to investigate wildlife offences as well as linked crime types such as rural crime, plant theft (heavy machinery) and Heritage crime which includes theft from religious and historic sites
West Yorkshire Police Designing Out Crime Officers (DOCO’s), liaise with the Local Authority Planning Officers, Architects, Developers and Agents to design out crime and reduce opportunities for crime and ASB (anti-social behaviour). Our Design Out Crime Officers (DOCO's) in each of the five districts are embedded in their local authorities playing a major part in the future of community safety within the Force area. All our DOCO's are active members of the Security Institute which includes CPD (Continuous Professional Development)
Information and advice on hate crime - for students, including what a hate crime is and how to report it.
West Yorkshire Police Hate Crimes and Non-Crimes policy - West Yorkshire Police (WYP) takes all hate crimes and incidents seriously, as this type of crime or non-crime can have an adverse and enormous effect on the victim, family members and the wider community.
'Get a Crime Update' (formerly known as Local Crime Tracker) is an online service provided by West Yorkshire Police that allows you to quickly and easily check the status of a previously reported crime - it allows you to keep updated with the status of your crime, view details of the officer in the case and contact the officer if you require an update.