Greater Manchester Police’s Operation AVRO returned to the streets of Oldham for the second time this week with a focus on this occasion on youth engagement. This was the sixteenth day of action across the Region’s ten policing districts since its formation and returning to the Borough of Oldham for the second time after anContinue reading “Police operation hailed a success for a second time”
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Special constable who assaulted 7 year old boy placed on police service barred list
A former Greater Manchester Police Special Constable has been placed on the College of Policing Barred List following a misconduct hearing. Andrew Parkinson, who worked in GMP’s Bolton district and lives in the town, was convicted of assault on 15th June 2022 after a trial at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court (read more here) and resigned fromContinue reading “Special constable who assaulted 7 year old boy placed on police service barred list”
‘Promising young officer’ dismissed from police service
On 18th November, 2022 an accelerated misconduct hearing was held at Greater Manchester Police HQ, chaired by Chief Constable Stephen Watson. It followed an incident in December. 2021 during which PC Jacub Mielczarek had assaulted a male member of the public whilst off duty and severely intoxicated. The officer admitted the assault and accepted anContinue reading “‘Promising young officer’ dismissed from police service”
LibDems slam ‘new’ chief constable over taxi checks
Oldham’s Liberal Democrat Party has discovered that, despite Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council warning Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in December 2018 that the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check) wasn’t good enough for taxi licensing, the Council still haven’t had a promised response. The recent Assurance Review into historic CSE in Oldham found that GMP initiallyContinue reading “LibDems slam ‘new’ chief constable over taxi checks”
Council Leader condemns ‘Punch and Judy’ show
Troubled Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, mired in controversy over the long-delayed publication of the Assurance Review into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the town, has issued a statement, via its Leader, Cllr Amanda Chadderton (pictured above), setting out its strategy for tackling both the findings of the report and the ongoing CSE problem in theContinue reading “Council Leader condemns ‘Punch and Judy’ show”
‘Profoundly disappointing’ response from chief constable says CSE survivor, ‘Sophie’
Following a meeting that took place at Greater Manchester Police headquarters, earlier this week, between Oldham’s highest profile child sexual exploitation (CSE) survivor, ‘Sophie’, and the GMP chief constable, a written reply has now been provided by Stephen Watson, who joined the thoroughly disgraced force just over a year ago. Sophie was accompanied at theContinue reading “‘Profoundly disappointing’ response from chief constable says CSE survivor, ‘Sophie’”
Council Leader makes crisis meeting U-turn as Mayor throws her ‘under a bus’
In the wake of a damning and widely reported child safeguarding report, beleagured Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council announced that an Extraordinary Meeting will take place on Monday 27th June, 2022 at the Civic Centre (read more here). This followed a press conference hosted by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), who first commissioned region-wide ‘AssuranceContinue reading “Council Leader makes crisis meeting U-turn as Mayor throws her ‘under a bus’”
New Council Leader faces baptism of fire
Having safely negotiated a softball first appearance as the new Council Leader on May 25th, 2022 with the Mayor-making and Annual General Meeting, Cllr Amanda Chadderton faces a very different test early next week, writes Neil Wilby. In the wake of the controversial Oldham Child Sexual Exploitation Review, published two days ago by the GreaterContinue reading “New Council Leader faces baptism of fire”
Long awaited watchdog report set to published tomorrow
Earlier today, 21st June, 2022, one of the Region’s leading law firms, Switalskis Solicitors, published an article on their website forewarning of a hugely important event that not only impacts on a number of their own clients, but for the entire town of Rotherham, its parent county and the rest of the country now depressinglyContinue reading “Long awaited watchdog report set to published tomorrow”
Things can only get better
Greater Manchester Police is still rated “inadequate” when it comes to investigating crime and responding to the public, but is has improved its performance in other areas. But overall it’s not achieving the expected level of service, the police inspectorate has said in a report released earlier today (3rd March, 2022). Her Majesty’s Inspectorate ofContinue reading “Things can only get better”
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