West Yorkshire Police leave to be restricted for Tour de France visit Annual leave for police in West Yorkshire has been restricted to ensure the safe running of the Tour de France when it passes through the county. The Grand Depart zooms through the region in early July and three Yorkshire forces – West, North and South – will be involved in policing it. All of them are restricting annual leave during the event. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said leave was not being cancelled but leave applications would be looked at to make sure there was staffing capacity to properly manage the event. Nick Smart, chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation, said: “We understand why the Force has had to restrict leave. It is a major worldwide sporting event and it impacts massively on the force over a number of days. “It’s a one-off event and a great coup to have the Tour de France passing through the area. “We understand that we have to have the correct staffing levels to ensure the event passes safely and without incident. We just hope that officers will be able to get leave when they want it for the rest of the summer.” thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11092274.West_Yorkshire_Police_leave_to_be_restricted_for_Tour_de_France_visit/?ref=rss
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:41:23 +0000
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