Greater Manchester police is placed in special measures after failing to report 80,000 crimes

Andy Burnham ‘threw the Greater Manchester police chief under the bus to save his own skin’, a source has said, after it emerged that the force is to be placed in ‘special measures’.   The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Ian Hopkins, quit ‘with immediate effect’ today after a damning inspection report revealed the force’s officers failed to … Read more

Greater Manchester police is placed in special measures after failing to report 80,000 crimes

The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Ian Hopkins, has quit ‘with immediate effect’, just hours after it emerged that the force is to be placed in ‘special measures’. Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham made the announcement this afternoon after a damning inspection report revealed the force’s officers failed to record 80,000 crimes in 2020. Inspectors expressed … Read more

The police force that fails to log 220 crimes A DAY: Manchester service comes under fire

More than 200 crimes a day have been going unrecorded by England’s second largest police force – leaving victims ‘let down’, a damning report reveals today. In what the police inspectorate called a ‘serious cause of concern’, it found that Greater Manchester Police was not recording around one in five crimes reported. That figure rose … Read more

The police force that fails to log 220 crimes A DAY: Manchester service comes under fire

More than 200 crimes a day have been going unrecorded by England’s second largest police force – leaving victims ‘let down’, a damning report reveals today. In what the police inspectorate called a ‘serious cause of concern’, it found that Greater Manchester Police was not recording around one in five crimes reported. That figure rose … Read more

Police officers fear new pilot scheme for shops will make it ‘too easy’ to record crimes

Police officers fear new pilot scheme for shops to report crimes will make it ‘too easy’ to record offences Sussex police has launched a pilot scheme for shops to report crime more easily  But some officers fear it could lead to a huge spike in crime reports The pilot scheme will see 20 Co-op stores … Read more

Police officers fear new pilot scheme for shops will make it ‘too easy’ to record crimes

Police officers fear new pilot scheme for shops to report crimes will make it ‘too easy’ to record offences Sussex police has launched a pilot scheme for shops to report crime more easily  But some officers fear it could lead to a huge spike in crime reports The pilot scheme will see 20 Co-op stores … Read more

Nine soldiers take their own lives amid report exposing ‘war crimes’ in Afghanistan 

Nine Australian soldiers have taken their own lives in just three weeks amid the release of a damning report into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.  The four-year inquiry uncovered a ‘shameful record’ of unlawful killings which took place outside the ‘heat of battle’. A redacted version of the report was released on Thursday after weeks … Read more

Nine soldiers take their own lives amid report exposing ‘war crimes’ in Afghanistan 

Nine Australian soldiers have taken their own lives in just three weeks amid the release of a damning report into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.  The four-year inquiry uncovered a ‘shameful record’ of unlawful killings which took place outside the ‘heat of battle’. A redacted version of the report was released on Thursday after weeks … Read more