Greater Manchester Police's top cop has hailed the force's major improvement but admits there is still 'a lot to be done'. GMP was taken out of special measures on Friday after making significant progress under its new Chief Constable Stephen Watson.
It's now the most improved police force in the country after inspectors found the number of arrests and convictions had increased dramatically, the average time it responds to crimes and the average time taken to answer 999 or 101 calls had been slashed and the number of open investigations had been halved
GMP, the second largest force in the country, was placed in special measures in December 2020 after a damning inspection found that it had failed to record 80,000 crimes in a year. The scandal cost then chief constable Ian Hopkins his job.
