Editing West York, Pennsylvania (section)

==Police department==
The West York Borough Police Department (WYBPD), founded in 1917, is a full-time and full-service municipal law enforcement agency that provides 24-hour patrol, emergency response, and investigative functions within the confines of the Borough of West York.   The ranking structure of the WYBPD is chief of police, sergeant, and patrolman.  The WYBPD currently consists of 15 sworn police officers, and maintains a full-time patrol division, criminal investigative division, and special operations K-9 unit. The department uses [[Ford Interceptor]]s and [[Ford Taurus]]es for patrol vehicles.  The WYBPD also uses police-equipped mountain bicycles.

In 2013, the WYBPD completed a large-scale organized-crime investigation involving over 196 suspects engaged in felonious crimes in five Pennsylvania and two Maryland counties. The alleged ring leader was operating his criminal enterprise from a small storefront shop located along W. Market Street. This crime ring targeted over 90 retail chain stores in over 300 locations throughout this seven-county and multistate geographic area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_22479700/west-york-cops-110-people-charged-extensive-theft|title=Police: 110 people charged in extensive theft ring|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213015132/http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_22479700/west-york-cops-110-people-charged-extensive-theft|archive-date=2014-12-13}}</ref>

Per the crime statistics as compiled by the Pennsylvania State Police in 2019, the Borough of West York had the second-highest high crime rate per area in York County, yet their primary patrol duties are still traffic and parking enforcement.