North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police is the Home Office police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England.

North Yorkshire Police Authority has 9 councillors (drawn from both North Yorkshire County Council and York City Council), 3 justices of the peace, and 5 independent members.

The forced was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was largely a successor to the York and North East Yorkshire Police, also taking part of the old West Yorkshire Constabulary's area.

Proposals made by the Home Secretary on March 21, 2006 would see the force merge with West Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police to form a strategic police force for the entire region. [1]

See also

*List of police forces in the United Kingdom
*Policing in the United Kingdom

External links

*North Yorkshire Police
*North Yorkshire Police Authority