Centre and specialist operations facility at Carr Gate, Wakefield at Junction 41 of the M1 motorway. The Sir Alec Jeffreys Building in the Calder Park Business Estate (at Junction 39 of the M1 motorway) houses the Yorkshire and The Humber Scientific Support Service and was opened in May 2012 by Sir Alec Jeffreys himself. West Yorkshire Police is the 'lead force' for scientific support and provides such services for North Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police. Estate The current estate of police stations and other buildings is changing with certain buildings closing and new buildings opening. , there are three PFI projects completed and as a result of these new buildings a number of police stations have closed and been sold. Wakefield district police headquarters is now located on Havertop Lane, Normanton. The total area is and provides office accommodation as well as a 35-cell custody suite. As a result of its construction, police stations in Wood Street, Wakefield, Normanton, and Castleford were closed. The new headquarters for the newly formed Leeds district is operational on Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds. The total area is and provides office accommodation as well as a 40-cell custody suite. It replaced Millgarth, and Holbeck police stations in Leeds. The existing operational support facilities at Carr Gate, Wakefield were expanded and new buildings constructed which provide centralised specialist training for the force in one location. The new facility, which totals includes: Training hub facility (reception, classrooms, three gyms, storage and offices etc.) Public order training facility (storage areas, breakout areas, large briefing room, classroom, training arena, etc.) Driver training facility Firearms training facility and two firing ranges, armoury, etc. Method of entry area approximately Leadership List of chief constables West Riding Constabulary Major-General Llewellyn William Atcherley (1908-1919) Captain Henry Studdy (1944 to 1959) George Edward Scott (1959 to 1969) West Yorkshire Constabulary (1968) Ronald Gregory (1969 to 1983) West Yorkshire Police (1974) Sir Colin Sampsom (1983 to 1988) Peter Nobes (1988 to 1993) Keith Hellawell (1993 to 1998) Alan Charlesworth (1998 to 1999) Graham Moore (1999 to 2002) Colin Cramphorn (September 2002 to November 2006) Sir Norman Bettison (January 2007 to October 2012) Mark Gilmore (April 2013 to August 2016) Dee Collins (appointed November 2016) [temporary chief constable between June 2014 and November 2016] John Robins (appointed June 2019) Police and crime commissioner From November 2012 until May 2021, the West Yorkshire Police