Greater Manchester Police

Greater Manchester Police
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AbbreviationGMP
Agency overview
Formed1 April 1974; 50 years ago (1974-04-01)
Preceding agency
Employees10,950[1]
Volunteers350[2]
Annual budget£524.1 million[2]
Legal personalityPolice force
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionGreater Manchester, England, UK
Map of Greater Manchester Police area
Size492 square miles (1,300 km2)
PopulationApprox. 2.7 million
Legal jurisdictionEngland & Wales
Governing bodyMayor of Greater Manchester
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersManchester
Constables8,550 (of which 183 are special constables)[3]
Police Community Support Officers600[2]
Mayor responsible
Agency executive
Command Areas6
Stations62
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, 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]

  1. ^ "GMP FOI". Police.homeoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "The police | Home Office". Police.homeoffice.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Tables for Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2017". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Police workforce, England and Wales". GOV.UK (2nd ed.). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Greater Manchester Police placed in special measures following report into 'failings'". 18 December 2020.