Greater Manchester Police | |
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Abbreviation | GMP |
Agency overview | |
Formed | April 1, 1974 |
Preceding agency | |
Employees | 10,950[1] |
Volunteers | 350[2] |
Annual budget | £524.1 million[2] |
Legal personality | Police force |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Greater Manchester, England, [[United Kingdom|UK]] |
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Map of Greater Manchester Police area | |
Size | 492 square miles (1,300 km2) |
Population | Approx. 2.7 million |
Legal jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Governing body | Mayor of Greater Manchester |
Constituting instrument | |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Overseen by | |
Headquarters | Manchester |
Constables | 8,550 (of which 183 are special constables)[3] |
Police Community Support Officers | 600[2] |
Mayor responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Command Areas | 6 |
Stations | 62 |
Website | |
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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England.
As of March 2020[update], Greater Manchester Police employed 6,866 police officers, 3,524 members of police staff, and 560 police community support officers. Additionally, the force has 325 special constables.[4] GMP is headquartered at Central Park, Northampton Road, Newton Heath, Manchester.
In December 2020, GMP was placed into special measures by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), after a watchdog report found that GMP did not record one in five crimes between July 2019 and June 2020. They estimated the force failed to log around 80,100 crimes, a high proportion of which were violent offences. Following the announcement, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins resigned from his post.[5]
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