direct to your inbox Andy Burnham has announced a new victim support hotline to take calls from people unhappy with the way Greater Manchester Police is dealing with their reported crime, in the wake of a blistering inspection report.
The mayor said the line - operational from next week - would not be for reporting new offences, but would be a way of tracking complaints and will feed into planned improvements for the force as a whole.Speaking almost a week after Her Majesty’s Inspectorate warned GMP’s crime recording had deteriorated and that it was not doing enough to protect vulnerable victims, especially those who have suffered violence, Mr Burnham insisted there was a context for the findings.Both he and his deputy, Beverley Hughes,.
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