West York, Pennsylvania  West York is a borough, adjacent to the city of York, in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,617 at the 2010 census. Formally known as the village of Eberton, the Borough of West York was founded in 1904. The Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill, William Shelly School and Annex, and West Side Sanitarium are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. West York is located at (39.953148, −76.759921). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. West York Borough's municipal government is composed of elected positions: Mayor Bruce Vick and seven borough council members. Former mayor Charles Wasko attracted national notoriety in September 2016 for his racist Facebook posts depicting President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as orangutans and displaying a photo of a noose. Wasko also insulted Muslims and African Americans. The West York borough council voted to censure Wasko, but had no power to throw him out of office. On October 18, 2016, it voted unanimously to accept his resignation. 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 Interceptors and Ford Tauruses 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. Per the crime statistics as compiled by the Pennsylvania State Police in 2013, the Borough of West York had the second-highest high crime rate in York County for 2012 and 2013, yet the statistics confirm that the majority of the workload remains parking and traffic enforcement. Fire protection for the borough is provided by the West York Fire Department (WYFD), which is administered by the borough and staffed by borough-paid fire Drivers.