Yorkshire Police (Happy Valley)

**Yorkshire Police** is the fictional police service in the BBC1 crime drama series *Happy Valley*.

## Jurisdiction

Although implied to cover the whole historic county of Yorkshire, in the series the force is seen operating mainly in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale.

## Information

* The force logo contains the White Rose of York, which is also used by the real life South Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Police.
* It is mentioned that the force headquarters are based in the city of Wakefield.
* A serious crime unit called HMIT (Halifax Major Incident Team) is based out of Skircoat Road Police Station in Halifax. The first and second series feature Norland Road Police Station in Sowerby Bridge, and Series 3 shows Old Westgate Police Station in Dewsbury.

## Staff

* Chief Constable David Shackleton
* Chief Superintendent / District Commander Praveen Badal (Ramon Tikaram)
* Detective Chief Superintendent Liz Thornton (Belinda O'Hooley)
* Detective Superintendent Andy Shepherd (Vincent Franklin)

* Detective Chief Inspector Mary Whittaker (Caroline Harding)

* Detective Inspector Jodie Shackleton (Katherine Kelly)
* Detective Inspector Gaskell (David Prosho)
* Inspector Mike Taylor (Rick Warden)

* Detective Sergeant John Wadsworth (Kevin Doyle)
* Sergeant Catherine Cawood QPM (Sarah Lancashire)
* Acting Sergeant Shafiq Shah (Shane Zaza)

* Detective Constable Christine Whittaker (Kaya Brady)
* Detective Constable Ann Gallagher (Charlie Murphy)
* Detective Constable Stead (Jason Merrells)
* Detective Constable Carey (Joe Simpson)
* Detective Constable Harding (Laura Castle)
* Detective Constable Walsh (Clint Gordon)
* Detective Constable Owen (Natalie Grady)
* Detective Constable Hayes (Andrew Tiernan)
* Detective Constable Betteridge (Anne Marie Draycott)
* Detective Constable Mitchell (Paul Warriner)
* Detective Constable Willis (Hopi Grace)

* Constable Kirsten McAskill (Sophie Rundle)
* Constable David Lloyd (Craig Thomas Lambert)
* Constable Gorkem Tekeli (Mete Dursun)
* Constable Binita Bhuppal (Sara Bahadori)
* Constable "Twiggy" (Amer Nazir)
* Constable "Sledge" (Chris Michael-Hall)

* Special Constable Steph (Louise Atkins)
* Special Constable Bryony (Lena Kaur)

* Front Counter Officer Joyce Metcalfe (Ishia Bennison)

## Real Life Equivalent

The areas featured in the show are in reality covered by West Yorkshire Police.

## Gallery

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