Social Media Sites
Below, you can find links to a number of West Yorkshire Police neighbourhood policing teams and organisations who are active on social media. This list is always being added to as other teams sign up the various networks.
Quick Links:
- Social Media Guidelines
- West Yorkshire Police
- Officer Social Media Accounts
- Affiliate Organisations
- Operations Support Section & Departmental Accounts
- Neighbourhood Policing Areas
Bradford District | Calderdale District | Kirklees District | Leeds District | Wakefield District
- Other Social Media Pages
- Offensive messages and posts on Social Media
- Recognising Awareness Days and Events on Social Media
West Yorkshire Police
Facebook : www.facebook.com/WestYorkshirePolice
Twitter : @WestYorksPolice
Twitter - Customer Contact Centre : @WYP_Contact
YouTube : www.youtube.com/user/999tv
Instagram : www.instagram.com/WestYorksPolice
Flickr : www.flickr.com/photos/westyorkshirepoliceimaging
LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/company/west-yorkshire-police
Officer Twitter Accounts
Chief Officer Team Accounts
Chief Constable John Robins @WYPJohnRobins
Deputy Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson @WYP_CHankinson
Other Force Twitter Accounts
Affiliate Organisations
West Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Twitter account: @DeputyMayorPCWY
Facebook Page West Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor for Policing & Crime.
Safer Leeds
Twitter account: @SaferLeeds
Police National Legal Database
Facebook page: PNLD (Police National Legal Database)
Twitter account: @thePNLD
Ask The Police
Facebook page: AskThePolice / AskTheScottishPolice
Twitter account: @AskThePolice
Yorkshire and The Humber Cyber Unit
Facebook page YaTH Regional Cyber Unit
Twitter account @YH_CyberProtect
NPAS - National Police Air Service
Twitter account: National Police Air Service: NPAS HQ : @NPAShq
Twitter accounts : National Police Air Service Area Accounts Twitter List
Operations Support Section & Departmental Accounts
Dog Section (Police Dogs) : @WYPDogs
Mounted Section (Police Horses) : @WYPHorses
Roads Policing Unit : @WYP_RPU
Special Constables and Volunteers
Facebook page: Volunteers and Special Constables
Twitter account: @WYP_Specials
Bradford Policing District
Twitter accounts:
Bradford City @WYP_BradfordC
Bradford East @WYP_BradfordE
Bradford South @WYP_BradfordS
Bradford West @WYP_BradfordW
Keighley @WYP_Keighley
Shipley @WYP_Shipley
Facebook pages
Calderdale Policing District
Twitter accounts:
Halifax Central, Halifax North and Halifax West are covered by @WYP_Halifax
Valley North, Valley South, Valley North East, Valley South East and Valley West are covered by @WYP_CldrValleys
Facebook pages:
Halifax Central, Halifax North and Halifax West are covered by Halifax
Valley North, Valley South, Valley North East, Valley South East and Valley West are covered by Calderdale Valleys
Kirklees Policing District
Twitter accounts:
Batley and Spen @WYP_BatleySpen
Dewsbury @WYP_Dewsbury
Huddersfield @WYP_Hudds
Rural @WYP_KirkRural
Facebook pages
Leeds Policing District
Twitter accounts:
Leeds City @WYP_LeedsCity
Leeds East @WYP_LeedsEast
Leeds North East @WYP_LeedsNE
Leeds North West @WYP_LeedsNW
Leeds South @WYP_LeedsSouth
Leeds West @WYP_LeedsWest
Facebook pages:
Wakefield Policing District
Twitter accounts:
Wakefield Central @WYP_WakefldC
Wakefield North East @WYP_WakefldNE
Wakefield North West and South @WYP_WakefldNWS
Facebook pages:
Wakefield North West and South
Other Social Media Pages
Facebook pages:
Twitter accounts:
West Yorkshire Police - Protective Services Crime @WYPSeriousCrime
West Yorkshire Police - Safeguarding Unit - @WYPSafeguarding
West Yorkshire Police - Force Band - @WYP_Band
West Yorkshire Police - LGBT - @WYP_LGBT
West Yorkshire Police - Leeds United @LUFC_WYP
Other Force Twitter Accounts
Page last reviewed December 2022
