Andy Burnham says he has been reassured the problems with Greater Manchester Police’s troubled IT system will eventually be sorted out - insisting it is ‘not a scandal’.
The mayor’s comments came in a lengthy statement issued following Her Majesty’s police inspectorate report into the iOPS system, which has been the subject of a catalogue of concerns from officers.
That report found thousands of child protection and domestic abuse cases had potentially not been passed on to safeguarding agencies after the network was introduced - while staff felt ‘blamed’ for the problems and were unable to find crucial information on victims and criminals.
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