West Yorkshire Police help desk closures put public at risk, says union

The GMB union has called on West Yorkshire Police to rethink plans to close public help desks.

Leeds Central police station is among six stations where help desks had already closed, according to the GMB union

People needing to attend a police station "would find the doors locked" if the proposals were implemented, a union spokesperson said.In a statement, the union said help desks at police stations in Wakefield, Pontefract, Leeds Central, Todmorden, Keighley and Stainbeck had closed.Image caption, Ms Dix said people attending a police station would instead be "directed to a yellow telephone near to the entrance where they would be put through to a contact centre".

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