Recommendation - Greater Manchester Police, December 2020
Recommendation date: 1 December 2020
Response due: 26 January 2021
Published: 17 March 2021
Use of force and armed policing
On 3 March 2012, officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were taking part in an ongoing investigation. It was concerned with the activities of several individuals who were suspected of conspiring to commit armed robberies. Around 7.20pm in a car park, armed officers moved to arrest the three occupants of a stolen car. A firearms officer from the GMP Tactical Firearms Unit (TFU) discharged a single shot from his firearm. The occupant sitting in the driver’s seat of the stolen car sustained fatal injuries to his chest. This independent investigation looked into the circumstances of the fatal shooting.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for Armed Policing takes steps to ensure that should the Tactical Firearms Commander (TFC) or Operational Firearms Commander (OFC) identify that an officer’s exposure to information or intelligence that is … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: The authorised professional practice for armed policing (APP-AP) has been reviewed and subject to consultation. A revision has been made to the content as a consequence of the PI report and this IOPC learning recommendation. The revised APP-AP … Read more