Local councillors are receiving a “disturbing” lack of information from the police about serious incidents, West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has been told.
Stuart Heptinstall, an elected member on Wakefield Council, said that residents were telling him more about crime in his ward than officers were.
The issue was raised at a Police and Crime Panel on Friday morning, where the region’s PCC, Mark Burns-Williamson is held to account.
Coun Heptinstall, who represents Wakefield East said: “In my area, we’re not getting told what’s happening, where it’s happening or when it’s happening by the police.
“Residents are coming to us and asking details about a fire down one street, and 84 needles being found down another, and we can’t tell them anything.
“We’re being told more by our residents than we’re being told by the police.
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