WEST Yorkshire’s Programme Precision has vowed to continue disrupting the activities of serious and organised criminals as it releases details of its recent work.

The report reveals in the last 12 months Precision teams have recovered more than £3.5 million of criminal assets and seized Class A drugs with a street value of more than £1 million.

Programme Precision endorses an approach by the Home Office and the National Crime Agency to tackle serious and organised crime.

This is known as the four Ps – Prepare, Prevent, Pursue and Protect. West Yorkshire’s strategy involves a fifth P – Partnership, which is key to tackling issues caused to communities by those involved in this criminality.

Today police and partners from across the country will meet at a venue in Leeds for a series of workshops and seminars, focused on how to make the best use of resources in targeting those involved in serious and organised crime and strengthening the communities of West Yorkshire affected by this criminal activity.

The event follows on from a great result for one of the Precision Teams - its Firearms Prevention and Investigation Team - who secured a 14-year sentence for Damien Cooper, 31, at Leeds Crown Court last Friday after he was convicted of firearms offences in relation to incidents last May.

Detective Superintendent Fiona Gaffney, who leads West Yorkshire Police’s element of Programme Precision, said: “Since its initial launch in 2019 Programme Precision has relentlessly targeted serious and organised criminals who have brought misery to our communities through their criminality.”