The Western Australia Police Pipe Band (WAPOL) is an Australian competitive pipe band organization based in Perth, Western Australia associated with the Western Australia Police.
The WA Police Pipe Band, now commonly known as and referred to as WAPOL, was formed in 1966.
[1] The band won the Grade 2 title at the World Pipe Band Championships in 1998, and was promoted to Grade 1 at the end of the season.
[4] As of August 2016[update], WAPOL are the current Australian and South Pacific Grade 1 champions, having won this biennial national competition in 2012 and 2014 and are also the reigning WA Grade 1 Champions.
In 2020, the band made the decision to form a youth development program to encourage local interest in learning bagpipes and Scottish drumming.