Deputy mayor issues update on report blasting GMP's custody treatment
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe deputy mayor has issued an update on how she will handle a damning report into GMP's handling of people in custody. The Baird Review was released on July 18, which examined how people held in custody by GMP were treated by cops.
It found some women in custody were treated ‘like meat’, and Chief Constable Stephen Watson accepted the review’s recommendations ‘in full’ and apologised for the treatment of the complainants.
Mr Watson also said ‘the majority’ of officers criticised by the report were still employed by the force. In the wake of the revelation, deputy mayor Kate Green, who leads on policing, said she will be following up on the outcome of disciplinary processes against officers highlighted in the report. READ MORE: Council denies claim chief called property agent a 'massive Jewish b***end' “I have specifically asked the Chief Constable for a report on the status in respect of all of those officers, many are still subject to current complaints processes,” she told a Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Police, Fire and Crime Panel last week (July 24). “Obviously, those will have to run through due process.
But I want to assure myself and therefore to assure complainants and the public that as we know the Chief Constable is extremely strong in his approach to misconduct and criminal activity in the GMP workforce. “I want to know every one of those officers is being appropriately followed up.” Now, the GMCA has issued a further update on how it is handling the fall out of the recommendations.
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