POLICE are launching a push to keep revellers safe this Christmas.
A massive operation will be running from December 19 to December 31 to ensure people have a safe night out in Halifax town centre.
It will include targeting women aged between 16 and 30 with safety messages and checks to ensure traders are not sel
ling alcohol to under 18s.
As well as posters and leaflets, they will be sending out bluetooth messages to women on their mobiles.
Acting Inspector Colin Skeath of Halifax central neighbourhood policing team is leading the operation.
He said: "We want to ensure there is a safe environment for people to enjoy their Christmas."
Officers from the neighbourhood policing teams and roads policing teams will be working with the town centre marshalls and Halifax Street Angels on the campaign.
It will mean extra patrols around the area, boosting the work carried out all year round by Operation Famous and two other operations which tackle under age drinking and help vulnerable people in the town centre.
Operation Famous sees the police working with Calderdale Council, licensees, door staff, Street Angels and Night Marshalls in a bid to ensure revellers have a safe night out.
Since it was launched in 2006, reports of violent crime in Halifax town centre at peak times are down by 50 per cent.
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