Greater Manchester Police 'has been fixed by our very own Carlo Ancelotti'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukEven to its many critics, the turnaround of Greater Manchester Police has been remarkable since the dark days of December 2020 when years of shocking failure ended in the sacking of the then chief constable Ian Hopkins.
Back then, a new £27m computer system was in meltdown; the force wasn't arresting nearly enough people; and victims of burglary were routinely told not expect a visit from an actual cop and to make do with a crime reference number.
Criminals were having a field day, not that the crime figures showed that because neither the failing computer system nor police officers were recording them properly.
The last straw came when a report by the police watchdog published in December 2020 revealed 80,000 crimes hadn't been recorded properly, and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham showed Hopkins the door.
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