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Greater Manchester Police deletes road safety Tweet placing burden on cyclists to avoid getting hit by drunk drivers

By Katy Preen | 14 April, 2022News

GMP officer Nicola Heap suggests cyclists and motorcyclists wear hi-vis to reduce the chance of being hit by drunk drivers, despite research showing around 80% of UK cycling accidents occuring in daylight.

Greater Manchester Police officers image in article about legal observers lodging complaints of assault

Three legal observers at ‘Kill the Bill’ demonstration lodge assault complaints against Greater Manchester Police

By Alex King | 19 May, 2021News

Legal observers have lodged complaints against Greater Manchester Police for alleged assault by police officers at a ‘Kill the Bill’ demonstration in Manchester, the Network for Police Monitoring says.

ACORN campaining against police powers bill

Community union ACORN marches against ‘dangerous and undemocratic’ police powers bill

By Judith Suckling | 14 May, 2021News

Community union ACORN call on Andy Burnham to speak out against the police powers bill. Rebecca Long-Bailey says the bill ‘represents a slide into authoritarianism.’

Piccadilly Gardens redevelopment must challenge inequalities

By Matthew Stallard | 18 March, 2021Opinion

Manchester Central Foodbank’s Matthew Stallard looks at the city’s inequalities in plain view in Piccadilly Gardens and points the way to a redevelopment to address them.

99% rise in stop and searches by GM Police this August, compared to same month last year

By Guest Writer | 3 November, 2018News

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) carried out almost twice as many stop and searches this August as they did in August 2017. The police conducted 345 stop and searches in August 2018, compared to the 173 recorded in August 2017, according to their published open data on stop and search. There was also an increase in […]

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