Recommendations - Greater Manchester Police, May 2024
Recommendation date: 9 May 2024
Response due: 4 July 2024
Published: 23 January 2025
Death and serious injury
We identified organisational learning following an IOPC investigation where a vehicle being pursued by police collided with a van. The van then struck and killed a pedestrian. During our investigation we found that recordings of the police radio communications and dashcam audio were unavailable, due to system malfunctions.
Recommendations (3)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Greater Manchester Police reviews the current safeguards that are in place to prevent human error causing an unplanned server shutdown, within the force IT infrastructure, in the future, and ensures if it were to happen again, … Read more
Force Response
Accepted
Recommendation 2
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Greater Manchester Police reviews their guidance on the use of force radio channels whilst a pursuit is ongoing, with the aim of reducing non-critical and non-time sensitive radio traffic from unrelated incidents whilst pursuits are underway, … Read more
Force Response
Accepted
Recommendation 3
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Greater Manchester Police reviews the current arrangements that are in place for police drivers to check and certify their in-car audio and visual recording equipment is functioning correctly at the start of each tour of duty … Read more
Force Response
Accepted