Extra police will be brought in to cover Bradford - but residents will have to pay for them.

West Yorkshire Police Authority is expected to vote on Friday for an inflation-busting increase of 14.9 per cent on the amount it charges the public for it services.

The anticipated rise would mean 25p a week extra for council tax payers whose homes are classed in the average Band D category. But it would pay for 250 extra police officers across West Yorkshire with about 60 allocated to the Bradford district.

The extra money would also pay for 100 other civilian police employees who would mainly do work carried out by officers such as cell-detention duties. It would also fund increased forensic testing including DNA.

The proposed increase follows a 16.9 per cent increase last year which funded 267 new officers and 200 new police community-support officers. West Yorkshire Police Authority member, Councillor Clive Richardson (Con, Thornton), said: "I am reluctantly in favour of this increase because I am in favour of getting more police officers. We have to ask the council tax payer for it because the Government isn't giving us funding. But people are seeing a difference and are seeing more police officers on the streets."

Tom McGhie, of West Yorkshire Police Federation, welcomed plans for the extra officers. But he was concerned about the amount of work previously carried out by officers which was now going outside the force.

West Yorkshire Fire Authority is also expected to vote through a 10.5 per cent increase at its meeting which also takes place on Friday.

But Bradford Council's ruling Tory group is trying to keep the authority's share of the council tax down to 1.58 per cent rise partly by keeping pay increases down and dipping into its reserves.