Mayor confirms he DID order GMP chief constable to resign over damning inspection report
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxAndy Burnham has confirmed he ordered the former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police to resign in the wake of a damning inspection report.Ian Hopkins quit his post last December, claiming he ‘felt the time was right’ to bring forward his retirement to enable the ‘timely recruitment of his successor’.
By this time he had taken sick leave due to a debilitating ear condition, and also cited his ‘ill health’ as a reason for stepping down.
The police inspectorate (HMIC) had published an excoriating report which found GMP had failed to record 80,000 crimes over a 12 month period and that people were being ‘denied justice’.
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