Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox When Greater Manchester's new Chief Constable was unveiled last month he vowed a new era of policing would begin and that 'every crime reported to GMP will be properly investigated'.
Stephen Watson, on a £204,000 a year salary, has promised to turn around GMP. The force has been placed in 'special measures' by the Home Office after a damning government watchdog report which estimated the force had failed to properly record 80,000 crimes.
Mr Watson has a tough task and one family's experience after their home was burgled indicates there is some way to go yet. In April it was revealed a £7.5m investment in CID will bolster the number of plainclothes detectives
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