Police Twitter accounts will be a hive of activity today as a 24-hour tweetathon gives an insight into a day in the life of the West Yorkshire force.

Officers and staff from across the force will be taking to social media to show the work they do to keep our communities safe.

As well as the main force twitter account, which has more than 130,000 twitter followers, other specialist teams, including the Roads Policing Unit, the Mounted Section and the Dog Section will all be taking part.

Individual officers of all ranks will be joining The West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Burns-Williamson, will also be tweeting. 

Chief Inspector Sally Fryer has organised the event. She said: "Social media platforms including twitter provide an excellent opportunity to reach out to the communities we serve like never before and actively engage with people. The potential to make a real difference is fantastic.　

"With just one message of 140 characters that takes just a few seconds to write we can potentially reach out to more people than live in many cities.　

Mark Burns-Williamson said: "This is a brilliant opportunity for the public and partners to get a better understanding of the hugely wide ranging work West Yorkshire Police carry out 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.　

"Engaging with the communities we serve is vital and I am pleased to see our police force making the most of this platform."　

Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, Dee Collins, said: "The aim of the Tweetathon is to encourage engagement with our communities, partners and particularly with young people to raise public awareness of the complexity of policing and the variety of work that we do. 　

"Social media is becomingly an increasingly important communication tool enabling the Police to reach out to and directly hear from our communities so we can provide the services they need."　

The different accounts that will be tweeting during the event, using the hashtag #WYP24.

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