Greater Manchester Police is backing the Police Anti-Corruption and Abuse Reporting Service launched by the independent charity Crimestoppers. The service provides an anonymous and confidential route for the public to report concerns, online or via a dedicated phone line, about serving police officers, staff and volunteers who are suspected of being corrupt or committing serious abuse. The reporting service sits alongside existing complaints procedures at GMP for the public and police employees to report and will only deal with corruption and serious abuse.
The Police Anti-Corruption and Abuse Reporting Service covers information relating to officers, staff and volunteers who: • Provide information or influence in return for money or favours • Use their policing position for personal advantage - whether financial or otherwise • Cross professional boundaries or abuse their position for sexual purposes • Abuse or control their partner, or those they have a relationship with • Engage in racist, homophobic, misogynistic or disablist conduct, on or off duty, in person or online Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Allen, of GMP's Professional Standards Directorate, said: “The vast majority of our colleagues are professional, committed and passionate about safeguarding communities and the people they serve. “However, there is a minority who fall below the high standards we expect of each other, and that the public rightly expects and deserves, and we are united in our .
