Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox What’s in a name? Well, nothing much, apparently.
Or at least that’s the case when it comes to police operations, which often use unusual nouns. Pavarotti, Island, Challenger and Foam have all been used by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for various operations in recent years.
And you’d be forgiven for thinking they may have a some significance. But in truth operation names are mostly picked at random.
According to GMP operation names are generated, usually in alphabetical order, by the Force Intelligence Bureau They work through a list of different themes, such as rivers and battles, and operation names are automatically generated by computer.
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