THE new acting Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police said the community will remain safe following the commander's move to a crisis-hit force.

Chief Constable Dave Jones announced on Tuesday he would assume command of South Yorkshire Police in an interim role, after the current chief constable, David Crompton, was suspended over his response to the Hillsborough inquest.

Campaigners and MPs condemned the actions of the force during the two year inquest into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium in 1989, and Crompton admitted the force got the policing of the match "catastrophically wrong", and "unequivocally" accepted the conclusion of the inquest, which found the supporters were unlawfully killed.

Crompton was first replaced by his deputy Dawn Copley, but she offered to stand down 24-hours later due to a misconduct investigation from her time at Greater Manchester Police.

Deputy Chief Constable Tim Madgwick, now Acting Chief Constable at North Yorkshire Police, said the cooperation between forces was necessary.

He said: "It is right that the police service as a whole pulls together to support the situation in South Yorkshire, for the sake of the communities and the force.

"We are fully behind our Police and Crime Commissioner's decision to support South Yorkshire Police through this interim posting for our Chief Constable. It will be a challenging post, but from our experience of Dave Jones we know he will make a very professional and positive contribution. Meanwhile, we have a strong team in place here, and we will continue to work very hard to police North Yorkshire effectively, and to keep communities safe."