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the voice of Greater Manchester Police
October 2007
Kyber Khan
30 years
Daniel Monaghan
11 years
Brian Neild
7 years
Tyrone Wong
27 years
Neville Paul
14 years
Andrew Monaghan
7 years
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Leon Searle-Edwards
Life sentence
Constance Howarth
20 years
Marvin Berkeley
7 years
Ian McLeod
21 years
Paul Dunn
8 years
Duane Edwards
6 1/2 years
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Errol Junior Reynolds
21 years
Malachi Reynolds
7 years
JAILED
These people are no longer a danger on the streets. They are in jail. They
were tracked down, arrested and charged by GMP officers. Then they were
convicted of gun-related crimes. And that was just in the past 12 months.
Reece Ming
5 years
Omar Malik
7 years
Kane Snowden
6 years 301 days
Liam Smith
5 years
Laine Williams
5 years (already serving 9 years)
Marcus Smith
4 years 182 days

Page 2 October 2007
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IT is hard to believe that we are about to embark
on the fourth year of the Prospects scheme, which
was developed through the Leadership Programme.
The scheme has already made a difference to
GMP and in particular to the development of the
individuals that have been chosen to take part.
GMP has benefited from a number of the
projects that have been carried out by the
Prospects participants. These are things that are
helping to improve our performance in key areas of
policing.
The Leadership Programme continues to produce
real results and helps us to take on the numerous
and considerable challenges that we face here in
GMP.
Support officer,
21, killed on duty
Brother on honeymoon is told of his road death
THE first Police
Community Support
Officer in GMP to
die on duty was killed when
a lorry was in collision with
his mountain bike last
month.
Chris Maclure joined the Force
the day after his 21st birthday in
January.
He died at the scene of the
incident at a traffic lights junction
in Hindley Green, Wigan.
Chris, who was on patrol at the
time, was based at Bamfurlong
Police Station.
His father, Donald, is a retired
officer with Merseyside Police.
His mother, Pauline, is a retired
nurse.
The couple live in Spain and
were on holiday at the time of the
accident.
They could not be reached
immediately and the first
member of the family to be
informed by phone of Chris’s
death was one of his three older
brothers, who was on his
honeymoon abroad.
Chris and his fiancée. Kelly Ann
Dale, had been planning to get
married next year.
After leaving school, he worked
part-time at Sainsbury’s and then
PCSO Chris Maclure: He
joined GMP eight months ago.
in the local housing office at
Ashton-in-Makerfield, where he
lived.
The accident happened
at 10am on September 10
as the lorry – carrying waste –
turned left from Atherton
Road into Leigh Road.
As well as an investigation
by officers from GMP’s Traffic
Network Section, the Health
and Safety Executive also
investigated because the
incident was classed as a
death at work.
In a tribute to their son,
Mr and Mrs Maclure said:
“He was a sports-mad type
who liked any form of
sport.
“Until recently, he played
for a local football team and his
biggest passion was for Everton
FC.
“He was a quiet lad
with a wonderfully dry sense of
humour. He will be greatly
missed by everyone who knew
him.”
ACC Dave Thompson said news
of Chris’s death had been
received ‘with deep shock and
sadness.’
Brief can be read on the web at: www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/brief.htm
There are many great examples of leadership
being demonstrated every day, some of which I am
able to recognise with awards. Remember, there is
still time for you to identify those who you think have
made a difference, by nominating a colleague or a
team for the Excellence Awards.
I look forward in the coming months to both
welcoming the new Prospects participants and
to celebrating the success of other members
of Greater Manchester Police who help us
make a real difference to the people of Greater
Manchester.
Falls in burglaries,
robbery, violence and
vehicle crime
A MAJOR new approach to
investigating volume crime
has been unveiled in GMP.
The Volume Crime
Management Model, Minimum
Standards, sets out the actions
officers must take to ensure
reports of burglary, robbery,
theft, violent offences and
vehicle crime are dealt with in a
consistent and effective way
The new policy, launched at
Sedgley Park Centre last
month, builds on significant
achievements by officers and
staff in reducing crime and
improving detection rates
across Greater Manchester.
ACC Dave Thompson, the
Force’s lead on volume crime,
said investigating officers now
had a set of minimum
standards that would underpin
their work and assist them in
achieving the best outcomes
for victims of crime.
PROGRESS
He said: “We continue to
make excellent progress, with
10,349 fewer victims of crime
this year compared to a similar
five-month period in 2006.
“Reported domestic
burglaries are down by 14.1 per
cent, robbery by 11.2 per cent,
violent crime by 10 per cent and
vehicle crime by an impressive
17.1 per cent.
From the Brief files
30 YEARS AGO
PART-TIME cadet schemes were
launched in Wigan, Stockport
and Oldham when GMP faced
the loss of its official Cadet
Corps as a result of Government
reductions in spending.
“Without a doubt, the actions
of members of GMP out on the
streets are making a real and
tangible difference, with
successes in solving crime also
being seen as detection rates
steadily rise.
“The Volume Crime
Management Model will enable
us to sustain that momentum,
with everyone involved in the
investigative process knowing
exactly what role they perform
and how they contribute to
those successes.
“This ensures the results
match the reason we joined the
Force in the first place - more
criminals brought to justice,
fewer crimes, better offender
management and a clear focus
on meeting the needs of
victims.”
To co-ordinate the work, a
Volume Crime Programme
Board has been formed.
Chaired by ACC Thompson, it
met for the first time last month
and will look at the skills,
processes and systems
required to develop GMP’s
approach to tackling volume
crime.
*Also launched at Sedgley
Park was a menu of tactics
officers can use to tackle
volume crime and a pocket
notebook-sized Frontline
Manual containing best
practice from around the Force.
20 YEARS AGO
ASSAULTS on GMP officers
reached record levels, with
more than 50 a month
being attacked on duty.
The average length of sickness
per assault was eight days.

October 2007
STUDENT officers at Oldham are working out of a new tutor unit established by Sgt Jenny Weeden, the divisional Development Officer.
The trainees are allocated a tutor who sets them a weekly plan of policing actions to complete.
“We have dedicated tutors all with different skills,” said Jenny. “This enables the student officers to bounce ideas off the tutors, utilising
their different experiences.”
The picture above includes the divisional HR Officer, Tracy Booth (left), Development Officer Sgt Jenny Weeden (third from left, front
row), tutor PC Karen Miller (back row on the right) and Ch Insp Chris Sykes on the far right.
Training in public helps to cut crime
Student officers
deter and
reassure
THE presence of student
officers training on the
streets is helping to cut
crime in Greater Manchester.
The sight of groups of trainees
in their bright yellow jackets has
contributed to reductions in
burglary, car crime, robbery,
shoplifting and disorder.
One example recently involved
trainees taking part in a traffic
collision role-play exercise at the
North City shopping area,
Harpurhey.
Insp Leon Jacobs said: “In the
three quarters of the day when the
student officers were at the
shopping area, we would
normally have expected to get at
least a couple of incidents of
‘Behind
every
statistic
there is
a real
victim’
shoplifting or public order. But on
that day there were none.”
In other incidents, student
officers on a traffic exercise
helped in detaining a suspected
drug dealer after he was stopped
for not wearing a seatbelt.
And a man wanted for indecent
exposure found himself being
chased – and caught – by two
trainees and trainer sergeant.
As well as providing an on-thespot
deterrent by being trained in
the public eye, the presence of
groups of student officers is also
seen as reassuring people living
and working nearby.
BIDS
With 425 trainees being
recruited in the current
financial year, Insp Steve Hall, of
GMP’s Initial and Continuous
Professional Development Unit,
RESEARCHING how GMP
liaises with various agencies
and community groups forms
the 10th week of the Initial
Police Learning and
Development Programme.
The student officers have to
organise visits, gather
information and present their
findings to an invited audience
of GMP officers.
The first intake of 2007/08 at
West Didsbury Area Training
Base gave their presentations
at the Cheadle House Hotel –
and all emphasised the
importance of providing a good
quality of service, particularly in
keeping crime victims updated.
PC Phil Whitehead, one of
says they will be an increasingly
valuable weapon in the fight
against crime.
“Divisions are making bids to
the Force Tasking and
Coordination Group to have the
students deployed to particular
areas when they next carry out
role-playing events,” he said.
GMP’s first intake of student
officers under the two-year Initial
Police Learning and Development
Programme was in January 2006.
The programme has enabled
GMP to train officers according to
its own requirements at one of
four Area Training Bases in
Greater Manchester. A fifth
training base at Bolton opened in
September.
Insp Hall said: “Though we
have been carrying out role-play
training in public areas for some
time, it is only in the past few
months that divisions have been
three student officers who
visited the Victim Support and
Witness Service, said:
“It is important that officers
know what Victim Support has
to offer and to keep victims
informed on the progress of an
inquiry.”
SUPPORT
PC Pamela Collins said: “Not
every person will need
emotional support after
becoming a victim of crime,
but they might want
practical support to prevent
them becoming a repeat
victim. Victim Support can
assist.”
able to put in formal bids for our
time to be spent in crime
hotspots.
“Divisions are telling us that
those student officers are making
a real difference.”
To find out more about how
student officers can assist with
divisional operations and
initiatives, contact:
• Hyde Area Training Base
(extension 69277) for Oldham,
Tameside and Metropolitan
Divisions
• West Didsbury Area Training
Base (extension 66093) for
Stockport, Trafford and South
Manchester Divisions
• Leigh Area Training Base
(extension 67353) for Bolton,
Wigan and Salford Divisions
• Plant Hill Area Training Base
(extension 64023) for Rochdale,
Bury and North Manchester
Divisions
PC Janet Simpson spent time
with the Independent Domestic
Abuse Advocacy Service in
Salford.
“The response we provide to
victims is important to getting
them on the road to sorting their
lives out,” she said.
“Being approachable, being
sensitive to victims’ needs and
spending time with them is a big
thing.”
Insp Brendan O’Brien (Sale),
who was one of those invited to
hear the presentations by the
student officers, said:
“It has been encouraging to
see that officers new to GMP
realise there is a real victim
behind every statistic.”
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DEAD GIVEAWAY: Police in
Moldova arrested a man who
pocketed £3,000 from a whip
round among factory workmates to
pay for his wife’s funeral. When
friends called to see how the man
was coping with his loss, his wife
opened the door.
FAMILY NIGHT OUT: An off-duty
police officer in Nevada was
pulled over twice in one night
and charged with drink-driving
by her husband, a county sheriff
deputy. The woman, 36, left the
first scene before she could be
given a breath test. Her husband
later pulled her over again and
this time called for back-up.
DAYLIGHT SHRUBBERY: A man
disguised himself as a tree to rob a
bank in Manchester, New
Hampshire. He used duct tape to
attach branches to his body as
camouflage and got away with an
undisclosed sum. The bank is on
Elm Street.
SCREEN SAVER: Two burglars
who broke into an amusement
centre in Colorado spent 75
minutes failing to open the office
safes. So they switched on a
computer and searched Google for
‘How to open a safe’ and ‘How to
crack a safe’ – and got away with
£7,000.
MAST PROTEST: A telecoms
worker drove a 15-ton armoured
vehicle across Sydney, Australia,
and demolished six mobile
phone masts. A convoy of 20
police cars failed to halt the
vehicle, which had a top speed of
32mph. The rampage ended
when it stalled as the driver tried
to flatten a seventh mast.
QUICK DRINK: When the beer
pump failed in the buffet car of a
train full of German football fans
heading for Hamburg, police
advised the train company to get
spare parts delivered by taxi. The
repair was completed in just 25
minutes.
IDENTITY LINE-UP: A thief was
arrested in Arizona after he ended
up queuing next to his victim in the
same shop. He was trying to return
goods bought with a credit card
he’d stolen from her.
DOG WATCH: Lucky and Flo, two
labradors trained to sniff out
illegal DVDs, identified 1.6
million counterfeit discs during
a six-month assignment in
Malaysia.
CASH BACK: Three police officers
who fined a young couple £330 for
hugging in public in Jinshi, China,
were ordered by their superiors to
return the money and apologise.
The couple embraced while
strolling beside a river on the
Chinese version of Valentine’s Day.
They were taken to a police station
and told they couldn’t leave until
they paid the fine.
FAST FOOD: Police in Iowa
arrested a man of 22 for attacking
his father with a cheese snack. His
father’s T-shirt was covered in dust
from the bag of Cheetos and he cut
his nose when the bag hit his
glasses.

Page 4 October 2007
SHREDDED BEAT: A truck
equipped with shredders was
parked in the centre of Dukinfield
for three hours last month so that
people could take along
personal data to be destroyed.
PC Andrew Edwards, who
helped organise the event, said:
“Identity fraud is a growing crime
and we need people to be aware
of the consequences of throwing
this information out.”
BOOKED: A new police post has
opened in Shevington Library at
Wigan, staffed by a police officer
and two PCSOs. It is the first
time Wigan officers have been
based anywhere other than a
police station. The facility is
being funded by GMP, Wigan
Council’s Environmental
Services Department and the
Standish, Aspull and Shevington
Township Community Safety
Group.
OPENING: Following the
closure of Hindley Police Station,
which had outdated facilities and
was too far from the town centre,
a police post opened last month
DIVISIONAL NEWS • DIVISIONAL NEWS • DIVISIONAL NEWS • DIVISIONAL NEWS • DIVISIONAL NEWS •
at Hindley Town Hall. There are
also plans to open a police post
in the library at Ashton-in-
Makerfield.
STRAPPED: In a link-up
between Oldham officers and
Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive, 500 free
purse security straps were
distributed at Cheapside bus
station as part of Purse Safe, an
ongoing operation that targets
pickpocketing and purse theft in
the town centre. The straps are
fitted with a clip at each end so
that shoppers can secure their
purses to their bags.
IN TOUCH: Police in Pemberton
are urging residents to sign up to
WISE (Wigan Information
Sharing E-Mails), which
distributes news of recent crime
trends, safety tips and
community events. Sgt Peter
Clarke, who has pioneered the
scheme, said: “Using e-mail is a
great way to get accurate
information out into the
community quickly and at no
cost.”
Memories of the
Stockport air
disaster sought
WERE you involved in the Stockport air disaster
of 40 years ago when a holiday plane crashed
into the town centre, killing 72 people on board?
If so, Det Con Damian Threader would like to
hear from you.
Damian, a member of the GMP Major Incident
Team based at Wythenshawe, is researching the
disaster as he works towards a post-graduate
qualification from Dundee University.
It forms part of a National Disaster Victim
Identification course.
“In particular, I would like to look at the police
response to the incident with the resources that
were available at the time,” he says.
“I am hoping to receive information from
ON STATION: A mobile police
station has been put into
Rochdale bus station to counter
a rise in intimidating behaviour.
Police patrols have also been
increased on Friday and
Saturdays and extra CCTV
installed. A mobile police
unit was in operation at Wigan
bus station through the
summer.
SAFETY DAY: Officers and
PCSOs ran a ‘crime caravan’
offering advice on vehicle
security and crime prevention
when GMP linked with the Fire
and Rescue Service and the city
council for a road safety day in
Manchester city centre.
There were also demonstrations
by fire officers showing the type
of machinery they use and the
difficulties they and police face in
dealing with traffic collisions.
RECOVERED: After targeting
handlers of stolen goods in
Oldham, officers made 10
arrests and seized £90,000 worth
of property – including a Porsche
and six other vehicles.
anyone who remembers or was involved in the
incident, no matter what part they played.”
There were 84 people on board the British
Midland (now BMI) plane heading for Manchester
Airport from Majorca when it crashed 150 yards
from Stockport Police Station on June 4, 1967.
Only 12 survived.
At that time, Stockport was part of Cheshire
Constabulary. It was another seven years before
the borough became part of Greater Manchester
on the formation of GMP.
Damian, who has had access to material at the
GMP Museum about the disaster, can be
contacted on 07825 531 162 or e-mailed to
damian.threader@gmp.police.uk
IN MEMORY: Insp Sully Sultan and PC Raj Ahmed’s father with
one of the trophies in Raj’s name. Submitted picture.
Remembering Raj
IN memory of PC Raj
Ahmed, who was
murdered on duty eight
years ago, Insp Sully
Sultan organised a
ten-pin bowling
tournament during this
year’s Police Federation
conference in Blackpool.
The Greater Manchester
Joint Branch Board provided
two trophies for the event, a
group trophy (won by
the Constables’ Branch
Board) and a cup for the
best individual performance,
won by Stockport’s PC Mike
Worrall.
Thirty players took part in the
tournament, which will be
repeated at the Federation’s
conference in Bournemouth
next year.
Afterwards, Insp Sultan, a
Force Duty Officer and
vice-chairman of the
Inspectors’ Branch Board
visited Raj’s parents at their
home in Longsight to show
them the two trophies
bearing their son’s name.
He was accompanied by
Temporary Insp Nadeem Mir,
who was the couple’s Family
Liaison Officer after Raj’s
death.
On the 1999 August Bank
Holiday weekend, Raj, 35, was
on motorcycle patrol when he
was killed.
He was rammed by the
driver of a car he had stopped in
Miles Platting for a routine
check and which turned out to
be stolen.
The driver, who was later
jailed for life, shunted Raj’s bike
through a red light at a busy
junction into the path of an
articulated lorry.
Raj’s mother told Insp Sultan
during his visit to the family
home:
“Raj lives on in our hearts on a
daily basis, but we are
especially grateful to the
Greater Manchester Police
Federation for keeping his
memory alive in the hearts of so
many others.”

October 2007 Page 5
POST OFFICE CRIME FALLS
THANKS TO GMP LINK-UP
by Tariq Munir
A FALL in crime at post offices
in Greater Manchester has
resulted from a closer working
relationship with GMP, postal
officials say.
There have been reductions
in both volume crime and
larger-scale robberies in recent
years.
“We feel that this is in
no small way connected to
the joint approach to solve
problems that we have
adopted with GMP over the
past couple of years,”
Security Adviser Wayne Griffiths
said.
In the past 12 months, there
have been several successful
ventures between the two
organisations:
* Under a scheme that
began last year, the photos and
contact details of officers from
Neighbourhood Policing Teams
are on display in many post
offices.
* The Post Office paid
for officers in Oldham, Tameside
and Stockport to make special
visits to sub-postmasters and
staff to give safety and crime
reduction advice.
GMP has helped the
TWO years ago,
homeless Riley was
living temporarily in
a kennel at Oldham
Police Station. It looked
like he was heading for a
dogs’ home.
But before he could be
moved, he was ‘rescued’ by
Karol Williams, who works in the
Crime Input Bureau at Bootle
Street.
Now the four-year-old
collie is in line for a canine title
after being placed in the
final six of a national
competition to be judged next
month.
The competition is for PAT Dog
of the Year. PAT stands for Pets
As Therapy, a national charity in
which dog and cat owners
volunteer to have their pets
POST CODE: PC Tony Evans, pictured at Prestwich, is one of the Neighbourhood Policing Team
officers whose photo and contact details have been pinned up in post offices.
Post Office in publicising
its reward scheme and advised
on developing the Grapevine
service, a helpline (0845 603
4004) for postal staff and cash-in-
LIFE OF RILEY COULD
WIN A TOP TITLE
assessed for temperament
suitability.
Said Karol: “If they pass,
which Riley did with flying
colours 12 months ago, we
then visit establishments
where it is thought the
residents or pupils will benefit
from having a therapy dog.
“We visit on my rest days, and
being on 24-hour shifts means I
get days off mid-week to carry
out my visits.
Karol and Riley visit Shawside
Nursing Home at Royton
and Kingfisher Community
School at Chadderton for
children aged four to 11 with
special needs.
“The children heard about
the search for PAT Dog
of the Year and the teachers
decided to make it a special
transit crews to report suspicious
vehicles or people in their
area of work.
“We are keen to develop our
relationship with GMP, which we
project for the school and
get a nomination together,” said
Karol.
FINALS
Last month, Karol had a call
from Pets as Therapy to say
that as a result of the school’s
nomination, Riley had
been placed in the top
six in the country and has
been invited to the Buxton
Palace Hotel next month for
the finals.
Fifty per cent of the votes
come from readers of
a pets magazine called
Yours and the other 50 per
cent from a panel of
patrons of the charity,
among them EastEnders
actress Pam St Clements,
view as a part of our strategy in
further driving down crime in
the Greater Manchester post
office network,” Mr Griffiths
said.
actor Roy Barraclough and
chef James Martin.
It’s not Riley’s first attempt
at national recognition.
Last year, he was a
runner-up after Karol entered
him for a competition
on Channel Four to find
Britain’s top dog.
IPCC
praises
pursuit
officer after
road death
A TRAFFIC officer has been
praised by the Independent
Police Complaints Commission
for showing ‘great bravery’ at
the scene of a fatal crash in
Bolton.
PC Ian Beaumont risked his
life to save others when a
police pursuit ended in tragedy
last year.
The officer had spotted a
Ford Sierra without a tax disc
on De Havilland Way.
He tried to pull the car over,
but it sped off, eventually
smashing into railings, a tree
and a lorry in Westhoughton.
The Sierra burst into flames
and PC Beaumont leapt
into action, controlling the fire
and leading attempts to rescue
the four teenagers from
the car.
One of them, aged 16, died at
the scene. The others were
injured.
The driver of the Sierra later
pleaded guilty to causing death
by dangerous driving and was
jailed for four years.
The IPCC investigated the
incident and concluded that PC
Beaumont had acted totally
professionally throughout the
pursuit.
North West Commissioner
Naseem Malik said: “This is
another example of the
willingness of police officers to
put themselves into very
dangerous situations to protect
the lives of members of the
public. PC Beaumont’s actions
should be commended.”
Childcare
help
TO help with the cost
of childcare, a new
tax-free benefit scheme has
been introduced by GMP.
Partnerships have been
developed with four
nurseries operating at 22
places in and around
Greater Manchester. Services
include flexible days and
school holiday care.
Further details are available
on the Intranet or from
Amanda Venables on
extension 61151.

Page 6 October 2007
AT 30, Brent Hartley earned
£42,000 a year as senior sales
manager with Selfridges at the
Trafford Centre. He received a bonus of
£7,000 in April, qualified for 50 per cent
staff discounts and lived in a new city
centre apartment. Nine years after
joining the company, he was the store’s
second most senior manager.
Today, the only thing he is serving is a
prison sentence, six months for
operating a scam at the store.
Using the details of real customers
and the personal access authority to
the cash tills of unsuspecting staff
colleagues, he faked refunds and
“I WAS just 21 when I started
working for the company, my
first full-time job, £4.50 an
hour to work as a sales
associate in the all-new
Trafford Centre.
I’d been offered a place at
Salford University to do drama,
but at the last minute decided it
was time to earn some money,
maybe just for a year, then go
back to uni.
Nine years later, I am facing
the possibility of a prison
sentence for stealing from the
company that saw me grow from
that eager sales associate to one
of the most senior managers in
the store.
Hopefully, by hearing the
following story, you will see that
temptation can cross anyone’s
path and that by hearing the
consequences, if and when it
ever crosses yours, you will think
twice.
Not long after starting the job,
it became clear to me that it was
going to be a fun and vibrant
place to work, somewhere that
would always keep me on my
toes, would make the most of
my outgoing character and
reward me with opportunity to
progress.
Within eight months, I was
promoted to a supervisor’s role
in a different part of the store,
and I started to become known
to most of the senior managers.
After another six months or so,
I decided to join one of the instore
concessions to gain some
true management experience,
and 12 months later returned to
my original company as a junior
manager.
The rest of my time followed
pretty much the same pattern. I
worked across various
departments as a junior
manager, then moved to a new
store in the city centre for a more
senior role, and then after four
more years returned to the
Trafford store, ending up the
second most senior manager.
It was a lot of hard work with
long hours, but I enjoyed it and
reaped the rewards.
I was lucky to always have a
manager who was supportive,
pocketed the money. In all, he helped
himself to a tax-free £49,000 over two
and-a-half years. He was caught by a
routine audit.
Before being sentenced on 24 theft
charges at Manchester Crown Court last
month, Hartley handed a personal
statement to the two officers who
arrested him, PC Nigel Brown and PC
Chris Twohig, of Urmston
Neighbourhood Policing Team.
He said they could use it however they
wished in the hope that it would help to
show others the error of his ways and
steer them away from temptation.
This is what he wrote.
MY CONFESSION
wanted to push me forward to
progress and trusted me.
But the thing I loved most was
managing people, wanting to
see people who started out like
me get as much opportunity as I
had. The best feeling was seeing
people coming to work in my
departments and enjoying it, in
the same way that I enjoyed it.
I’d tell myself it was the
last time, but it never was
I have been lucky to have
strong relationships with my
teams. They respected me and
hopefully saw me as an example
of progression.
I can’t remember why I stole
the money the first time. I can’t
believe even now that I actually
did it. I had always been keen on
security and stock loss, but for
some reason now, as a senior
manager, the temptation took
hold.
It didn’t start out as a lot,
maybe enough for a new pair of
jeans or a good night out. Every
time I would tell myself ‘that’s the
last time.’ It never was.
Something would come up,
nights out, holidays, new
clothes, weekends away,
Christmas.
It’s ridiculous. I only had the
same sort of money worries
anyone has, in fact less. I was
well paid by this point, in a stable
relationship, mortgage, car, the
usual.
Greed takes over, though. I
don’t see myself as a bad
person, in fact the opposite. I
see myself as a good person
who wants good things to
happen in life to people, but
somehow I was able to
disengage this unbelievably bad
thing I was doing from the rest of
my life.
I found a way of taking the
money without it getting noticed
straight away and then got too
confident and greedy, thinking it
would never happen. Trust me –
it always happens eventually.
It became an addiction, not
the actual act of stealing but the
feeling of always having two or
three hundred quid in my wallet.
From the Letters of
Appreciation page in the September
edition of Brief – Brent Hartley’s letter to
PC Nigel Brown and PC Chris Twohig thanking them
for their help and support after his arrest.
The confidence that gives you
and the life it allows you to lead
– that’s the addiction, the money
is just the drug.
Because of the position and
status I had gained, it was
obviously easier to do such
things, as people trusted me
and therefore were less
likely to question any unusual
activity.
That’s now one of the hardest
things for me to deal with, the
betrayal of this trust. I wanted to
stop doing it. So many times I
wanted to tell someone to help
me stop, but how do you tell
someone something like this?
So it just carried on and I found
ways of ignoring the fear of
being caught.
It was the day after my 30th
birthday when I got called into
the room with the security and
HR managers, people I worked
alongside for years who I would
have called my friends.
Obviously, I knew immediately
what was going to happen. It
was truly like an out-of-body
experience. I was watching
myself as my whole world fell
apart.
The things that rush through
your head at what feels like the
speed of light – family, friends,
workmates, bills, the house, the
car, the police, prison!
It’s the most gut-wrenching
feeling in the world and it
doesn’t go away for a long time.
After a short attempt at trying
to cover up the months and
months of deceit, I admitted to
my actions.
Continued on next page

October 2007 Page 7
I was told the police would be
informed and I was suspended
until a disciplinary the following
week.
I still don’t remember driving
home that day. I don’t remember
much of the next few days.
I didn’t tell anyone for ages,
not even my partner of eight
years. I carried on living a lie,
first to try to protect the people
around me for as long
as possible from having to
deal with the nightmare and
second to give myself time to
actually find the right words to
tell them.
Believe me, in the end there
are no right or wrong words, you
just have to say it.
I was suicidal by this point.
That’s a really bizarre thing for
me to write. I’ve never
understood people who commit
or consider suicide. I’ve always
been too positive about life.
I’m a criminal,
just another loser
When I went back for my
disciplinary, luckily the people
who knew me well at work
(the same people who were
about to dismiss me for gross
misconduct) saw the mental
state I was in and asked the
police to talk to me.
That might seem strange, but
it really helped. They didn’t
arrest me and throw me in a
police van in handcuffs, but they
did explain what process I would
go through.
This helped me to sort things
out in my head. They also
convinced me that I wouldn’t
start to approach any sort of
normality until I told my partner
and close friends.
A couple of weeks later, I
found myself reporting to a
police station, being arrested,
having DNA samples taken,
fingerprints done, photo taken
and drug tested.
I was locked in a cell at
some point and was
interviewed for an hour or so.
The whole event, even though I
was always treated with respect,
was the most horrific experience
of my life.
Since being caught, I have
been totally honest about
everything and as compliant as I
think I could be, but this doesn’t
change the fact. I’m a criminal.
It all seems so surreal. Just
over a month ago, I was a wellrespected
senior manager,
earning a good salary, working
for a top national retailer.
Now I’m due in the
magistrates’ court in three days,
probably the Crown Court in six
weeks and possibly going to
prison from there.
What hurts most is losing
the respect of so many
people
There is a chance I’ll lose my
new city centre apartment, I will
lose my car and I’ll always
struggle to get any kind of job,
never mind one that pays
anywhere near what I was being
paid.
But above all these things,
what hurts and upsets me the
most is that I have lost the
respect of so many people.
The managers who supported
me – I have abused their trust.
The colleagues I worked
alongside – I have lost their
respect and even affected their
chances of achieving stock loss
bonuses. The teams that worked
for me over the year – I have
gone from being someone who
proves hard work pays off to
being just another loser.
I will never be able to show
enough remorse to right all my
wrongs, but I will continue to try.
I have been very lucky in that
my partner and friends have
been very supportive, no matter
how much I have hurt them. I
have had some very kind words
from people who have found
out.
But that doesn’t change the
fact that I have ruined my life for
the foreseeable future.
If I could turn back time and
put it all right, I would do so in
the blink of an eye.
I hope I have proved that
this can happen to anyone, even
the most level-headed and wellrespected
people.
Learn from my errors. Please
don’t let it happen to you.
“
* Under the Proceeds of
Crime Act, moves to recover
the money Brent Hartley stole
have begun.
Picture: Bill Morris
LEADING: PC Paula Collins has led the development of a
PNC distance learning package for GMP
HAVE you ever needed Police
National Computer training and
found there was a three-month
waiting list?
Then GMP’s Communications and Specialist
Training Unit could have the answer to your
problem.
PC Paula Collins has led the development of a
distance learning package that is a new alternative
to the classroom-based course.
It comprises three modules - an introduction to
the PNC, Vehicles/Property and Names.
While a student is completing the work, trainers
from the CSTU provide support by phone or
e-mail.
Each module is a mixture of instruction and
practical work, allowing the student to study at
their own pace.
Protected learning time has been allocated to
each module, three hours for the introduction and
10 hours each for the Vehicles/Property and
Names modules.
EXAM
After completing the package, the student can
arrange to take an exam before becoming an
accredited PNC user.
“It was recognised that classroom-based
training does not suit everyone,” said Paula.
“Some people learn better by working at their
own speed in familiar surroundings.
“Sometimes we were unable to provide courses
quickly enough to address operational
requirements, but the new package addresses
both these issues and provides a flexible
alternative.
“Over the past six months, it has been trialled by
a group of volunteers who have all successfully
completed the same exam taken in the classroom
course.
“It has also been approved by the National
Policing Improvement Agency, which oversees
police training.”
ACCESS
Paula said the package is available to most
people requiring enquiry-only access to the PNC
by submitting an application-for-training form and
is easy to access.
The modules can be found on the
Communications and Specialist Training
Unit’s Intranet pages, accessed via the Human
Resources / Learning and Development
site.
After applying, students are sent a training ID
that allows access to the PNC training database to
work through the modules.
* For further information, PC Paula Collins or Paul
Nickson can be contacted on extension 68290 or
Cathy Jackson, the CSTU administrator, on
extension 60474.

Page 8 October 2007
Help!
The response to a cry
for help is fundamental
to the work of the
police service.
Development work in
GMP is making sure
the Force gets that
response right.
FROM the moment a call
handler picks up the phone to
answer a cry for help, to the
moment an officer arrives at
the scene of an incident, call
handlers, radio operators,
supervisors and responding
officers work together in a
unique team. They cross
departmental and divisional
boundaries to ensure GMP
responds quickly and safely.
This teamwork is at the heart
of a Force project chaired by
ACO Lynne Potts and
supported by ACCs Dave
Thompson and Justine Curran.
Last month’s Brief examined
how the project is
revolutionising the GMP
response to non-emergency
incidents, involving Public
Service Teams and
neighbourhood officers.
This month, the focus is on
how the project is considering
ways to ensure there are
consistently sufficient staff on
duty and that the response
promise made to the public is
the right one – that is, getting
the Graded Response Policy
right and responding quickly to
the things that are most
important.
CHALLENGE
At the August GRIP meeting,
the Chief Constable reinforced
this message, setting a
challenge to divisional
commanders and the
Operational Communications
Branch Commander, Ch Supt
Andy Lang, to improve GMP’s
response to grade one and two
incidents.
“Having made huge steps to
reduce the number of
outstanding calls, we now must
turn our attention to response
times,” said ACC Thompson.
“We can and must improve
the number of these incidents
we attend within the target times
we have set and all divisions
have been asked for action
plans to improve their
performance.”
ACC Thompson, who has
lead responsibility for Divisional
Performance in this area, said:
“Every grade one or two FWIN
(Forcewide Incident Number) is
a member of the public asking
for our help, not a job number.
“Prompt attendance at grade
one and two calls is critical to
meeting the public’s
expectation that they will have a
police officer there to help them.
“We recognise GMP can
improve how it plans for the
number of staff it has available
for service and we are to carry
out two pilots in Trafford and
Stockport to look at how we can
better predict what staff we
need on duty and control their
deployment through improved
crewing and abstraction
management.
“The work about meeting
demand isn’t just about
responding. We are
encouraging Neighbourhood
Teams to follow work at
Tameside where a real focus is
being put into reducing repeat
calls, identifying where they
come from and taking action,
with partners, to stop them.
“We are also carrying out
work to manage officer
workloads better.
Hate crime reporting extended
REPORT IT: Det Insp Chris Duffy, PCSO Carolyne Drennan and staff at Bar Braw, Chorlton.
MORE bar staff in Manchester have
been shown how to compile reports
of hate crime to be passed on to
police officers.
Last year, staff in the city centre became the first to
be trained in third-party reporting.
Now the same kind of thing is in operation
on South Manchester Division at Bar Braw
in Chorlton where staff have been shown
how to record details on specially-designed
forms.
“In the short term, we are
looking to implement revised
crime evaluation approaches
through the Volume Crime
Management Model and
reviewing how we manage road
traffic collisions.
UPDATE
“In the medium term, we are
exploring new mobile
technology to keep officers on
the streets. Too many jobs are
taking too long because they
need to return to the station to
update systems.
“This work will deliver
results over the next few
months, but this requires all of
us to play an important part in
providing a more effective
response.
“Senior managers on division
need to be regularly reviewing
the workload of response
teams, ensuring problemsolving
by Neighbourhood
Policing teams to deal with
community issues promptly and
effectively, and to assess teams’
response performance –
recognising and rewarding
good performance.
“The responsibility of
inspectors and sergeants is to
monitor and review the
performance of staff, to ensure
officers and PCSOs are booked
on duty and have in place the
right numbers of staff to meet
demand at peak times.
“I am particularly keen that
teams are debriefed at the end
of the shift so that ways to
improve performance are
discussed.
“And officers must assist
Operational Communications
Branch staff in resourcing calls for
assistance as fast as possible, by
ensuring they are booked on for
duty, updating their state when
they have finished a call and
planning their workload so they
are free at peak times of demand.
“This means keeping an
accurate written record to
minimise the time they need to
come into the police station to
update Force systems. “OCB staff
in return must check on officers’
availability if they have been at a
job for a long period and also
ensure they flag up to supervisors
incidents that need resourcing
within the required timescales.
“Calls for assistance are from
people who often see us as their
last resort. We all need to do our
utmost to get there and help
them.”
Det Insp Chris Duffy explained one of the reasons
for the third-party method.
“We understand that in certain circumstances,
victims can find it difficult when it comes to reporting
hate crime,” he said.
Posters in the bar toilets inform customers of the
scheme and identify who they can approach to
complete a report.
Police surgeries are also being held every
Wednesday evening at Bar Braw, attended either by
a police officer or a PCSO.
Having their say
by Adam Higson
FOUR hundred people in Tameside
have been given the chance to have
their say on how police should deal
with anti-social behaviour.
Questionnaires were delivered last
month to homes in areas from where
the most complaints have been
received.
The aim is for residents not only to tell
officers about their fears and
experiences of local crime, but also how
they want their areas policed.
It is part of a three-month operation in
collaboration with Tameside Council
that is seeing more officers, PCSOs and
Town Patrollers on the streets in hotspot
neighbourhoods.
Sgt John Kilgallon said: “The
questionnaire is a real opportunity for
people to tell us about the kind of thing
that directly affects them, such as large
groups of young people, rubbish
tipping and graffiti.
“The results will give us a chance to
hear what is affecting the
neighbourhoods so that we can tackle
the issues directly.
“Since it is usually alcohol that fuels
anti-social behaviour, we are also
clamping down on drinking in public
during the operation.”

October 2007 Page 9
Golfers and swimmers raise £8,000 for Christie’s
Deputy Chief Constable Dave Whatton with Richard Birtwistle, whose law firm won the Stephen Oake Memorial Trophy
in the September 11 golf competition. Standing is the event organiser, Det Con Laurence Dixon (right),
Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman (centre), Mr Birtwistle’s fellow team members and Jane Atkins, of
Tytherington Golf and Country Club, Macclesfield, who helped with the organisation.
Excellence
Awards:
The
deadline
is near
THE deadline is approaching for
nominations to be submitted for the Chief
Constable’s Excellence Awards.
Whether you nominate by e-mail or internal
post for a colleague or a team, the details
need to be received by October 26 to qualify
for one of the eight categories.
The accolades, sponsored by various
businesses and organisations, are to be
announced and presented at a black-tie
Swimathon
A 24-hour swimathon at the Castle Leisure
Centre, Bury, raised £3,000 for the Melanoma
Research Centre at Christie Hospital.
The event was organised by PC Andy Gray
with colleagues from Middleton Partnership
Office and friends.
It was in memory of Andy’s sister, Alison
Richardson, who died of a melanoma three
years ago at the age of 37, leaving a widower
and three children.
“Many of the participants and sponsors were
from GMP,” said Andy. “Their response and
support in helping to raise such a sum for
Christie’s was outstanding.”
CHEQUE IN: PC Andy Gray (left) with
colleague PC Lee Bracey, Pauline Ross
(Christie’s) and two young swimmers who
started off the swimathon, Laura Jones,
eight, and Chris Fraser, 11.
dinner at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on
Friday, February 29.
More than 100 nominations were received
last year for the inaugural Excellence Awards.
The categories this time are: Partnership
Working, Outstanding Team Performance,
Individual Achievement, Police Staff
Employee of the Year, Outstanding
Leadership, Outstanding Communication,
Communications Officer of the Year
THE date was September 11. And for
the sixth year running, one of the
events marking the day was the
World Trade Centre Memorial Golf
Classic in Manchester.
Det Con Laurence Dixon helped to the
organise the first golf day in 2002 in memory of
those who died in the Twin Towers terrorist
attacks and has taken charge of arrangements
ever since.
Following the death in 2003 of his colleague,
Det Con Stephen Oake, it was decided to make
the Stephen Oake Memorial Trophy, sponsored
by the Greater Manchester Police Federation
Joint Branch Board, the main prize for
the event.
This year, 96 golfers – 24 teams of four – from
within GMP and beyond played in the
competition at Worsley Marriott Park and
Country Club.
Last year, a Manchester firm of solicitors won
the Oake trophy. Last month, another law firm,
Ross-Brown Birtwistle of Rochdale, were the
winners.
A guest of honour from the Metropolitan
Police was Assistant Commissioner (Specialist
Operations) Andy Hayman, who chairs ACPO’s
Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee.
He played in the competition in a team
alongside Deputy Chief Constable Dave
Whatton and the North West head of the
Counter Terrorism Unit, Det Ch Supt Tony Porter.
The golf and a gala dinner, auction and prize
draw raised more than £5,000 for the young
oncology unit at Christie Hospital.
That, said Det Con Dixon, was £1,000 more
than the sum raised last year for the hospital –
which was £1,000 up on the amount the
previous year.
THE third phase of Operation
Gladiator took 14 more suspects
off the streets of North
Manchester last month, bringing the
number of arrests to 159.
The operation, which started in May,
focuses on information from the public about
criminals supplying drugs and committing
other crimes in their local communities.
The co-ordinator, Insp Dave Rogerson,
said
“The third phase saw more significant
arrests and confiscation of property and this
work will continue.”
During searches of targeted addresses,
officers uncovered two cannabis factories,
more than £20,000 worth of Class A drugs,
including heroin and crack cocaine, £5,000
in cash, a firearm and ammunition.
Officers are distributing leaflets in various
neighbourhoods, asking for further
information about criminal activity and
giving advice about recent police action.
and Community Focus.
Six other awards will be presented during
the evening for Brave Officer of the Year,
Community Police Officer of the Year,
Problem Solving Partnership, Student Officer
of the Year, PCSO of the Year and Lifetime
Achievement.
• The criteria for the Excellence
Awards and how to make a nomination are
on the Force Intranet.

Page 10
Behind the Page 1 mugshots…..the cr
THE WOMAN WHO GUIDED GUN PAIR
CONSTANCE HOWARTH
and IAN McLEOD were jailed
for life after being found
guilty of planning the
execution of a man in a busy
Salford pub.
McLeod, 43, of Radcliffe,
was told he would have to
serve at least 21 years. The
minimum set for Howarth, 38,
of Salford, was 20 years.
After they were convicted of
conspiracy to commit murder,
Judge Andrew Smith said
police work on the case had
been ‘of a conspicuously high
standard.’
On a Sunday afternoon last
year, Carlton Alveranga and
Richard Austin, both armed,
walked into the Brass Handles
pub in Salford.
They went into a room
where David Totton, 27, was
sitting and opened fire, hitting
him in the face and chest.
Another man who intervened
was shot in the chest. Both
men survived.
Alveranga’s gun is thought
to have misfired. A scuffle
ensued, during which he was
disarmed by people in the
pub.
He and Austin then both
suffered gunshot wounds to
the chest before running out
of the pub and collapsing
dead.
Officers later found that
CCTV had disappeared from
inside the pub.
McLeod, who ran IMAC
Security in Radcliffe, had been
hired to arrange the ‘hit’ for
another man and instructed
Alveranga and Austin to carry
it out.
Howarth, who also worked
for a security firm, agreed to
act as a line of communication
between the two hired men
and McLeod.
She was sitting in the pub,
guiding the men by mobile
phone towards their target.
“It was a premeditated
attempt at cold-blooded
murder in a pub packed with
families and children on a
Sunday afternoon,” said Det
Supt Andy Tattersall.
“Austin and Alveranga had
walked into the Brass Handles
with no real knowledge of the
layout or where they would
find their intended victim. Their
only help was Howarth, who
was sitting in the room talking
to them on her mobile phone.”
Det Supt Tattersall added:
“From the outset, the
investigation team was faced
with little more than the
registration number of a car
seen in the area, two dead
bodies and two mobile
phones.
“The case involved expert
evidence from a number of
fields and it is only thanks to
the hard work and dedication
of a team of officers that the
convictions were possible.”
GUN SMUGGLERS WERE ‘MERCHANTS OF DEATH’
ONE of the UK’s biggest
gun smuggling rings was
smashed by GMP’s Armed
Crime Unit.
Four men from Gorton, who were
described as ‘merchants of death’ by
a judge at Manchester Crown Court,
were jailed for 19 years, 13 years, six years
RECENT weeks saw the launch of a £500,000 policing package overseen
by Supt John O’Hare for Hulme, Moss Side, Longsight and North
Trafford, the areas most affected by an increase in shootings.
Measures include 70 extra officers to collect intelligence and carry out
high-visibility patrols, three armed units on constant patrol, spotters on
the lookout for wanted people, extra mounted officers, undercover units
and dog teams.
This month, Brief looks at recent successes achieved by GMP in the fight
against gun crime.
and five years.
They imported 274 blank-firing
guns from Germany to convert them
to live-firing weapons at a workshop in
Ancoats before selling them for up to £750
each.
Of the total imported, 69 were
intercepted before conversion and 56 have
TWICE CONVICTED
ALEADY convicted of the murder of a
rival gang member, ERROL JUNIOR
REYNOLDS was given an indeterminate
sentence for public protection after
pleading guilty to three charges of
robbery and one of armed robbery.
Over three months, he and fellow
members of the Gooch Gang carried out a
series of ‘frightening’ attacks at commercial
premises across Greater Manchester.
Detectives from the Xcalibre Task Force
investigated 28 robberies in Bolton,
Manchester, Stockport and Trafford.
The gang targeted convenience stores,
petrol stations and jewellery shops. They
used various weapons, including guns,
hammers, iron bars, a metal pole and a
weighted rope.
New powers within the court system to
protect witnesses helped to secure the
convictions of Reynolds and three others.
LAINE WILLIAMS, 23, of Moss Side, was
given an indeterminate sentence, with a
minimum of five years. It runs alongside a
nine-year sentence which had already been
imposed on him for attempted murder.
PAUL DUNN, 19, of Hulme, was jailed for
eight years for five robberies and
possession of an imitation gun while
committing an offence.
REECE MING, 20, of Hulme, got an
indeterminate sentence (minimum five
years) for three robberies and three counts
of gun possession while committing an
offence.
Following the success of this
investigation, officers produced a poster
publicising the convictions. It was put up in
various neighbourhoods to show what can
be achieved if the community stands
together and provides information about
serious crimes.
TWO ARMED GANGS JAILED
IN DETERMINATE
sentences for public
protection were among
the penalties handed
out to an armed gang –
and Det Supt Paul
Savill, former head of
GMP’s Armed Crime
Unit, commented: “There
is no doubt that
Manchester is a safer
place now that they are in
prison.”
Conspiracy to kidnap and to
commit robbery and firearms
possession were among the
charges.
MARVIN BERKELEY, 22, of
Salford, received an
indeterminate sentence with
a minimum of seven
years.
KANE SNOWDEN, 20, of
Gorton, was given an
indeterminate sentence with a
minimum of six years.
TYRONE PATRICK, 22, of
Stretford, was jailed for threeand-a-half
years.
Indeterminate sentences
also went to DUANE
EDWARDS, 23, of Gorton (sixand-a-half
years minimum),
MARCUS SMITH, 30, of
Levenshulme (minimum four
years and 182 days), LEE
DILNUTT, 24, of Moss Side
(minimum four years) and
CURTIS TODD, 22, of
Withington (four years).
Berkeley’s twin brother,
Michael, was jailed for two
been recovered post-conversion from
various crime scenes, operations and
searches.
Of these, 31 were recovered in the
GMP area, 14 in Merseyside and
four in South Yorkshire. Others were
recovered in Avon and Somerset,
Cleveland, Durham, London, Staffordshire,
years and four months for
assisting offenders.
Det Supt Savill, of the
Manchester Metropolitan
Division, said:”This was a
particularly dangerous group
of individuals who had
shown willingness to use
firearms in pursuit of easy
cash.
“In the majority of cases, the
victims were targeted as a
result of mistaken identity or
simply being in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
“They were subjected to a
terrifying ordeal and, in one
case, seriously wounded by
this group. It is lucky no one
was killed.”
AN 11-day spate of armed
robberies in the Trafford area
led to jail for three violent men.
DANIEL MONAGHAN, 22,
of Timperley, was jailed for 11
years on three counts of
robbery and possession of a
firearm and an offensive
weapon.
His brother, ANDREW
MONAGHAN, 20, of no fixed
address, was given seven
years for robbery, vehicle theft,
firearm and offensive weapon
possession, making off without
payment and driving while
banned.
LIAM SMITH, 21, of no fixed
address, was jailed for five
years for robbery and firearm
possession.
the West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
Assuming that a number were damaged
or discarded as a result of failed conversions
and misfiring, that leaves some 140 still
unaccounted for.
Twenty-three other people are currently
serving prison sentences for offences
involving the imported weapons.

GMP leads call for law change
GMP has been at the forefront of moves to
change European legislation for a proper
registration system for firearms, Chief
Constable Michael Todd revealed in a
message on the GMP website last
month.
But he said that while it was
understandable that people were worried
about gun crime, it was important to
remember that the number of shootings in
Greater Manchester was still very low.
“Any incident involving a gun is
THE ANONYMOUS
WITNESSES
ERROL JUNIOR REYNOLDS, 19, of Moss
Side, was jailed for life with a minimum of
21 years for the shooting murder of
Ramone Cumberbatch the day before the
victim’s 19th birthday.
Det Ch Insp John Piekos said: “The
courage of two people who gave their
evidence anonymously helped to put this
dangerous man in prison.
“I hope it inspires others who have
information about serious crimes but are
too afraid to give evidence.
“Witnesses can remain completely
anonymous and successful convictions can
happen, as this case showed.”
Cumberbatch was known to be a member
of the Doddington Gang in Moss Side, rivals
of the Gooch Gang.
He was killed after arriving with his
girlfriend and baby son at a friend’s house
in Gooch ‘territory - Rolls Crescent, Hulme.
Reynolds argued outside the house with
Cumberbatch, hit him over the head with a
handgun and then fired two shots through
the kitchen door, hitting Cumberbatch in the
chest.
IN REVENGE FOR A
PHONE CALL
NEVILLE PAUL, 19, of Warrington, was
jailed for life with a minimum of 14 years
after a youth was lured to a park in
Stretford and shot.
Paul was found guilty of attempted murder
and weapon possession. He pleaded guilty
to conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm.
Accomplice Omar Wong, 16, of Stretford,
was given a five-year sentence for
conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm and
an unconnected wounding offence. Two
other 16-year-olds were detained for 12
months.
Paul, accompanied by gang members,
shot the 17-year-old victim three times in the
leg, back and stomach. The reason: he had
made a mobile phone call to Paul’s girlfriend.
Det Insp Bob Tonge said the case showed
that in gang culture, the most serious crimes
were being committed ‘for almost trivial
reasons.’
unacceptable and we will relentlessly pursue
those responsible for gun crime, whether as
suppliers or those who use the weapons,”
he said.
In the past year, GMP had had ‘significant
successes’ in bringing to justice those who
use guns to commit crimes.
The Force was working hard with partners,
including local councils and community
groups, in preventing young people getting
involved in gun and gang culture.
“But the most important part of the work to
THE BROTHER-IN-LAW KILLER
KYBER KHAN, 28, shot dead
his brother-in-law and was
jailed for life with a minimum
of 30 years to serve.
He walked into Olympic
Taxis in Chorlton and shot
Mohammed Shaheen in the
chest following claims by
several women that Shaheen
had indecently assaulted
them.
Khan’s sister, Nasreen Khan,
was jailed for two years for
perverting the course of
justice.
Khan killed Shaheen a week
after flying to the UK from his
home in Pakistan.
TYRONE WONG, 24, of
Stretford, was part of a gang
that murdered a man in his
home as his family cowered
in the next room. He was
jailed for life with a minimum
of 27 years.
Victim Ernest Gifford, 45,
was shot at a house in Raby
Street, Moss Side.
Det Ch Insp Sam Haworth
said: “Three vicious armed
men forced their way in with
the aim of robbing Gifford.
They decided they weren’t
going to leave empty-handed
and shot him.
“They held his girlfriend and
OMAR MALIK, 22, of
Rusholme, was jailed for
seven years for unlawful
possession of five firearms
and a substantial amount of
ammunition.
He was arrested at his home
following a number of
shootings in the Longsight,
Burnage and Levenshulme
areas.
After searching Malik’s car,
THE GANG KILLER
He walked into the public
area of the taxi firm and stood
in the doorway of the office,
pointing a single-barrelled gun
at his brother-in-law, then
shooting him and leaving
without saying a word.
He fled the country within
hours of the murder. His sister
took him to Manchester Airport
and he flew to Pakistan. He
then moved to Abu Dhabi and
on to Canada, from where he
was held by immigration
officers at the airport. He was
deported to the UK and
arrested by GMP officers four
months after the killing.
two young daughters hostage
for 15 to 20 minutes. They took
Gifford upstairs and executed
him in the youngest
daughter’s bedroom.
“Gifford was involved in
small-time drug dealing and
had access to drugs and
money, but his life did not
deserve to end in such a
painful and terrifying way.
“Wong thought he could
carry out this gangland
execution with impunity and is
now paying the price.
“There were two other
people involved in this murder
and the case remains open.”
THE GUN SUPPLIER
tackle gun crime is the help from the
community,” Mr Todd said.
“We need people to come forward and tell
us about what is happening in their
community and help us to convict the
criminals blighting our streets.”
He said anyone could give information in
the knowledge that they would be kept safe
and Crimestoppers could be called
anonymously on 0800 555111.
“Any piece of information can make a
difference,” Mr Todd said.
Tactical Aid Unit officers found
a key for another car in which
five firearms were stored in the
boot.
They were: An Uzi submachine
gun, a Russian
Tokarev pistol capable of firing
through body armour, a
converted Kimer revolver, a
self-loading shotgun and a
pump-action rifle fitted with
silencer and telescopic site.
Life for man
who armed
thugs
AMAN who
supplied guns
to one of
Manchester’s most
notorious gangs was
jailed for life last month.
Leon Seale-Edwards, 27,
stockpiled handguns and
bullets to supply to
members of the Longsight
Crew.
He kept photos of fellow
gang members on his
bedroom wall where he had
scrawled: LIVE BY IT + DIE
BY IT = THE GUN.
He pleaded guilty at
Manchester Crown Court to
possession of two
handguns with intent to
cause fear of violence and
possession of ammunition
with the intent for another to
endanger life.
Officers from GMP’s
Xcalibre Task Force raided
Seale-Edwards’s home in
Longsight after a tip-off.
A sports bag found in the
toilet cistern contained two
revolvers and 45 bullets.
One of the guns was loaded
with five bullets ready for
use. Also found was a CS
canister and body armour.
Seale-Edwards was
himself shot in 2004 in a
suspected gang attack. As a
result, he now has to use a
colostomy bag.
In 1999, he was jailed for
five years after kidnapping a
man at knifepoint and
blackmail. Two years earlier,
he was acquitted of the
murder of a drug addict who
was beaten to death in the
street.
Prosecutor Richard
Orme said Seale-Edwards
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iminals and their gun-related crimes
intended to supply the
bullets to others so they
could shoot people.
He said police also found
a mobile phone with a text
message from Seale-
Edwards offering to sell a
gun.
Judge Clement
Goldstone told Seale-
Edwards: “You were a fully
paid-up member of the
Longsight Crew. This is yet
another example of the
gang-related crime with
which this city is plagued.”
The judge said Seale-
Edwards had to serve at
least four years before he
could apply for release. But
he warned him he would be
freed only when the Parole
Board believed he was no
longer a danger.
Det Insp Chris Packer, of
the Armed Crime Unit, said:
“I hope this conviction
highlights to the public that
we act on the information
we receive and get results.
“Intelligence is an
important tool in our fight
against gun crime and the
information we receive from
the public is a key part of
this.
“If there was ever a case
which portrayed the impact
on a young man’s life of
joining a gang, this is it. It
isn’t glamorous and it
doesn’t guarantee respect.”
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Page 12 October 2007
THE first teenagers to take part in Bury’s new volunteer
police cadet scheme received a handful of certificates and
qualifications last month.
But one participant was missing. Three months into the
year-long course, David Reed, 18, left to become a student
officer, PC 12742, on North Manchester Division.
Three others have applied to join GMP as officers. And a
fifth has become a special constable.
Twelve teenagers completed the inaugural course under
the wing of Bury’s Neighbourhood Support Officer, PC Roy
Cross.
At a ceremony at Sedgley Park Centre, they were
presented with BTech awards in public services, first-aid
qualifications, crime reduction certificates, Duke of Edinburgh
Award silver qualifications and Millennium Volunteer
certificates.
The course included two hours study per week at Bury
Police Station, one day a month on crime reduction issues
and first-aid and a residential weekend.
SPECIAL
Harrison White, who has become a special constable since
joining the scheme, said:
“The cadet course allows youngsters to find out what life is
like in the police without the commitment of going into a
full-time career and discovering that it’s not for you.
“We had to give up the occasional full day to do some
first-aid training and to attend special events, but the
commitment in time was minimal and was well worth it”.
The second volunteer cadet course started this month.
Forty-two teenagers applied and 21 were selected, 12 of
them girls.
They had a meeting with the Bury Divisional Commander,
Ch Supt David Anthony, before leaving for a residential
team-building weekend in Co Durham.
At Force Headquarters, the Bury scheme is being examined
as something that could be extended to other GMP divisions.
* As Neighbourhood Support Officer, PC Roy Cross’s
portfolio includes co-ordinating the volunteer police cadet
scheme, general youth matters, the Duke of Edinburgh’s
Award Scheme and liaison with Bury secondary schools. He
also handles licensing issues – and he’s the divisional
Homewatch co-ordinator.
TARGET CAR
The first sponsored car in GMP specifically for helping to tackle anti-social
behaviour has been handed over.
The new, fully-liveried vehicle has been sponsored by Northwards Housing for Newton
Heath Neighbourhood Policing Team on North Manchester Division.
It won’t be used as an extra police vehicle or for responding to emergency calls,
however.
Its sole purpose is to help officers reduce anti-social behaviour with high-visibility patrols
and the targeting of the worst affected areas and persistent offenders.
Emma Foster, Local Services Manager with Northwards Housing (pictured handing the
car keys to Insp Steve McFarlane), said: “It’s a worthwhile investment for us.”
Pictured at Bury’s volunteer cadets presentation night are the successful participants and the
Mayoress of Bury, Mrs Rubina Chaudhry, with PC Roy Cross (left), who runs the scheme,
Sgt Martin Coyne, who helped Roy with a residential weekend, and Ch Insp Karen Lee.
Cadets take a bow
Det Con Steve Riddle, of Bolton Division, will be one of 35,000 runners taking part in
the New York Marathon on Sunday, November 4. He’s hoping to raise £1,000 in
sponsorship for Marie Cure Cancer Care. It will be the latest piece of fundraising for
the charity by Steve since his father died of cancer two years ago. He can be
sponsored through www.justgiving.com/sriddle.
ANOTHER GMP officer, PC Joe Trippett, based at Cheadle Heath, will also be
running in New York. His chosen charity is Get Kids Going, which helps disabled
children to become involved in sport. To donate: www.justgiving.com/joetrippet.

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Gun criminals from centre pages
Xcalibre was established by GMP in
2004 to tackle the criminal use of
firearms.
It adopts a centralised, investigative and
focused approach that draws on all the
Force’s expertise, from the Force
Intelligence Bureau, Armed Crime Unit and
the Tactical Firearms Unit to divisions
where gun crime has an impact.
Det Ch Supt Steve Heywood, head of
the Serious Crime Division, said:
“Xcalibre is a vision of gun-free streets
across all of Greater Manchester.
“Our aim is to tackle the importation of
guns and the distribution network and to
disrupt and arrest those who use the
A ‘deactivated’ gun for £200
Deactivated guns that can be converted to
fire live ammunition can be bought on the
internet for as little as £200, it was reported
last month.
The Sunday Times found that weapons being
offered for sale on British-based websites
included a deactivated Bulgarian AK-47 for
£200, a Smith & Wesson snub-nose revolver for
£350, an RPK light machinegun for £395 and a
Beretta handgun for £495.
The trade in these guns is legal and no
licence or checks are required to buy the
weapons.
The Lithuania connection
Hundreds of guns being brought
illegally into Britain can be
traced to factories in
Lithuania.
One ‘weapon of choice’ is a 9mm pistol
converted from a Russian-made Baikal
gas-powered pistol.
The pistol, designed to fire blank cartridges,
can be bought legally in Lithuania. Criminals
remodel the barrel so that it can fire live
ammunition.
The guns can be bought in Lithuania
for just £40. After being converted they are sold
on UK streets for between £1,500 and £2,000.
OFFICERS and staff with the energy, commitment and
drive to become future leaders are being invited to
sign up to Prospects, GMP’s programme of enhanced
learning and development.
Prospects has won praise, both from within the Force
and from other police forces, for the way it has helped
successful applicants to meet career aspirations.
Now in its fourth year, the application process for
2008/9 is to be launched by Chief Constable Michael
Todd at Sedgley Park Centre on October 29. The
application process is open to police officers up to and
including the rank of inspector, and for police staff who
are not yet members of a division or branch’s senior
management team.
Current Prospects participants include Ray Heaton
from IT Services Branch and Det Sgt Nicola Holland, of
Trafford Division.
Both have carried out projects linked to improving
Force performance as part of their Prospects work – Ray
weapons.
“Through the Armed Crime Unit, the
Xcalibre Task Force and the thousands of
officers and staff on divisions, we are
making a difference.
“We are also working with communities,
local and national government and the
European Parliament to achieve our aim of
gun-free streets.”
Det Supt Darren Shenton, head of the
Xcalibre Task Force, said:
“The Task Force was established in 2006
as a dedicated unit to deal with gangrelated
gun crime mainly across the
Metropolitan and Trafford Divisions.
“Statistics show that 45 per cent of all
On licence for life
MALACHI REYNOLDS, 28,
of Hulme, brother of
convicted killer Errol
Junior Reynolds, was jailed for
seven years after he and another
man threatened a 31-year-old
mother with a gun and stole
her car.
Accomplice BRIAN NEILD, 32, of
Salford, also got seven years.
They were both issued with public
protection orders, which means they
will remain on licence for the rest of
‘Depraved’ T-shirts destroyed
A JUDGE granted GMP a forfeiture
and destruction order covering
hundreds of T-shirts under the
Obscene Publications Act last
month.
Some of the clothing, designed to
cash in on the gang and gun culture,
showed a hoodie pointing a gun under
the word ‘Gunchester.’
Others carried slogans such as ‘No
discharges occurred in these areas over
the previous three years.
“Some 70 per cent of the discharges
could be linked to gang-related activity.
“The Task Force adopts a practical, alloptions
approach to tackling the criminal
use of firearms, with an overall aim of
saving lives. This is achieved by acting
quickly on intelligence reports to locate
where guns and ammunition are being
stored and to disrupt the activities of gang
members who pose the greatest threat.
“The Xcalibre Task Force is primarily an
enforcement opportunity unit with close
working relationships with divisions, which
themselves build on and develop effective
community partnerships.”
their lives.
Armed officers waited outside Neild’s
home for 10 hours after he had at first
refused to come out.
Neild and Reynolds threatened
the woman with handguns in
front of her two daughters, aged
11 and eight, at her home in
Salford.
Neild, who had just been released
from prison, told the terrified woman
she owed him money before driving
off with Reynolds in her car.
snitching zone, cocaine business’ and
‘Snitch at your own risk.’
The T-shirts were seized from shop
owner Navesh Chadda at his Jean
Image store on Bury New Road,
Strangeways.
Approving the destruction order,
District Judge Diana Baker, sitting at
Manchester Magistrates’ Court, said:
“Sadly, there are too many young,
The Xcalibre Task Force is staffed by
officers from the Metropolitan, Trafford
and Serious Crime Divisions and the
Force Volume Crime Task Force.
30 active operations
Under Xcalibre, 30
operations are currently
investigating shooting
murders, the supply of
guns and gang and drugrelated
firearms activity.
Charges pending include
conspiracy to murder.
impressionable people on our streets
lacking guidance from parents
or elders.
“Such images would have a
depraving effect on their minds,
as they give out the message
that it is acceptable in our society
to use guns, deal drugs and
warn people off reporting such
behaviour.”
Contributors: GMP Press Officers Kate Wiggans, Sally Bruce, Rachel Smyth, Adrian Worsley, Clare Hunter,
Patricia Keville and Rachel Bradley and the Serious Crime Division’s Communications Co-ordinator, Patricia Jones.
High prospects as development scheme enters fourth year
examining the impact of a triage system on sickness
absence in the Operational Communications Branch and
Nicola looking at how intelligence and information
management could support a sustainable reduction in
gang and gun-related violence.
OPPORTUNITY
Ray said: “The project has been a great opportunity for
me, one for which I could not have been considered
without the Prospects programme. The coaching I have
received as part of Prospects has been extremely
beneficial in helping me to search for better ways to meet
everyday challenges.”
Nicola said: “It has provided me with a great deal of
development opportunities, not only from the actual
challenge of doing a project, but in terms of time
management – juggling a busy role with the challenges
posed by the project.”
Prospects Programme Manager Laura Greenwood
said: “Prospects is an opportunity for officers and staff to
benefit from a comprehensive three-year package of
workshops, self-directed training, coaching and
assessments concerning leadership styles and skills.
“Feedback from successful applicants has shown that
Prospects not only assists those individuals in their career
development, but has been of great value to their
respective divisions and branches.
“I would encourage line managers to realise the
benefits of advising someone they know who has
Prospects potential to apply.”
For the second year, pre-application workshops have
been arranged during October and November to provide
information about the application process.
For details about attending the launch or the preapplication
workshops, see the Leadership Intranet
pages. The application process for Prospects 2008/9
closes on Friday, November 30.

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A selection of letters of thanks and appreciation received recently at police stations in Greater Manchester
MY father-in-law, Leonard Glover, is 86 and
a survivor of Changi Prison, Singapore,
following his capture as a prisoner in the
Second World War.
He is fit for his age and he is a popular figure in his
neighbourhood. Since the death of his wife five years
ago, he lives alone and I act as his carer.
Shortly after I left Len for the night following his evening
meal, an incident occurred in which he was assaulted
outside his front door.
LOUISE IS A REAL CREDIT
OUR garden wall was knocked
down by a pizza delivery van,
which didn’t stop. Two local boys
who saw it went with my husband
to the pizza shop and my
husband was told: ‘We’ll get back
to you.’ Of course they didn’t.
Our next stop was Urmston
Police Station. Then, like magic,
we got a call from a builder. We
would like you to know that the
lady on the front desk at the
station, Louise Wadsworth, is a
real credit to the police. She was
kind and caring – and but for her
we would still be running around
in circles, which is hard to do
when you get to a certain age.
Mrs Bernadette Bruce,
Davyhulme.
GREAT AMBASSADORS
AN international casino cheat
team had travelled the world
obtaining substantial amounts
of money by deception. As
unit head, I co-ordinated
simultaneous arrests at five
addresses in the UK.
Sgt Michael Phillipson
(Cheadle Heath) was contacted
as two of the addresses were in
his geographic policing area.
From the outset, he and his
team provided my officers with
excellent support and cooperation.
All communication,
verbal and through e-mail, was
conducted with the utmost
efficiency and professionalism.
After a 6am briefing at Cheadle
Heath Police Station, one of the
main suspects was arrested by
me at 7am.
A large quantity of forged and
Officer’s approach impressed Len, 86
false documents, including a
substantial number of driving
licences, was recovered and have
been found to link all the main
subjects together.
Sgt Phillipson’s team
performed a fast and efficient
entry to the property, securing our
subject and ensuring no evidence
or property could be destroyed or
discarded.
Sgt Phillipson and PC Martin
Fox, PC Richard O’Brien, PC
Bryn Evans and PC Daniel
Jillings were great ambassadors
for GMP.
Sgt Ian Bond,
Gaming Unit,
Metropolitan Police.
WORRYING NIGHT, BUT…..
THANKS to all members of Leigh
Operational Communications
Room who supported me by
phone the night my 81-year-old
father got lost on his way home to
Bolton from Butlins Skegness. It
was an awful evening and
eventually I was advised to report
him as a missing person. He was
found by a passer-by in Colne.
At all times, I was given support
when I’d begun to fear the worst.
It was obviously a busy night for
you, as I’m sure most of them are,
but nonetheless I was talked to in
a calm and reassuring way. I
cannot thank you all enough.
M. Duckham,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk.
THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT
SOME 1,400 women took part in
our inaugural Midnight Wander
through the streets of Tameside
and pledged £118,000 on the
night, which was beyond our
wildest imagination. While not
wishing to single out individuals,
our special thanks must go
to Insp Tony Alogba, Sgt Jo
Glynn and PC Marie
Hodgkinson, who ensured that
He was pushed and knocked down by a man who had
been visiting nearby premises.
Len received abrasions to his elbow and knee and
soreness to his chest. The police were called as well as
an ambulance and Len was treated at Bolton Accident &
Emergency.
PC Ian Thompson, of Atherton Police Station,
attended the incident promptly, and in his dealings
with Len he remained polite, compassionate and
involved,
all facets of the event were
covered.
John Fellowes,
Appeals Manager,
Willow Wood Hospice.
THANKS to PC Mike Lord and
PC Bill Race, Event Planning
Office, Bootle Street, for their
tremendous support to our first
Midnight Walk. It was a great
success and the police team
plated a key role in that success.
The feedback from many walkers
was that the police presence
made them feel safe and
supported throughout the walk
and has encouraged them to take
part again next year.
Terry McDonnell,
Chief Executive,
St Ann’s Hospice,
Heald Green.
STEVE AND DERMOT
HAVE GOT IT RIGHT
I RECEIVED wonderful treatment
after being called to Leigh Police
Station as an ID witness. PC
Steve Atkinson and PC Dermot
Mitchell can only be described as
exceptional. They were kind,
considerate and understanding
and they made what was initially a
traumatic experience bearable.
Ms T. W.,
Leigh.
I HAD to visit Leigh Police Station,
escorting my elderly mother for
an ID video viewing, and she was
very apprehensive. But she need
not have worried. PC Steve
Atkinson and PC Dermot
Mitchell put her at ease
immediately and were awfully
kind to us. Working as a team,
these two officers have got it right.
It is wonderful to know that
people of this quality are working
in our police force.
Ms D.H.
Breightmet,
Bolton.
The following afternoon, PC Thompson again visited
Len, reassuring him and gaining further information.
Later that evening, I received a call from PC Thompson
explaining that he had arrested the assailant, who had
admitted pushing Len over and had received a police
caution.
Len has been left with a very positive impression of PC
Thompson and GMP.
Keith Bentley,
Atherton.
TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL
I WOULD like to thank everyone
at Greater Manchester Police
Authority for their help and
support during my time as an
Appropriate Adult.
I also feel it is proper to
recognise the co-operation I have
received from the uniformed and
civilian staff at each of the stations
I have visited. It is probably
understated when people
comment that the police do a
difficult job, but in my experiences
as an Appropriate Adult, the
officers I dealt with always acted
with absolute professionalism
and in the best interests of the
detained person.
Keith Lowe,
Chadderton.
HEARTWARMING
I HAD a nuisance caller at my
home and as I’m now 83 it upset
me. However, that same day PC
Andrew Hibbert called on me
and helped to calm me down.
Next morning, PC Duncan
Gumbs called. He said PC
Hibbert had phoned him and
asked him to look in on me as he
was worried about me. Since I
have no family, it warmed my
heart to think that someone was
looking out for me. The two
constables who later informed me
that the caller had been
apprehended, PC Stuart Foy and
PC David Stevenson, also
deserve a word of thanks.
Mrs. B.E,
Sale.
GETTING THE MESSAGE
I FIRST spoke to PC Ian Beddard
when he was following up a report
regarding my 12-year-old son
who was knocked over while
riding out from between parked
cars.
After the initial shock, he just
seemed to shrug it off, whereas I
haven’t slept much since.
He was lucky in that the woman
was driving within the limit and
that he was thrown into the air
and not under the wheels.
I wanted an authority figure,
rather than an anxious nagging
mum, to bring the message home
to him and PC Beddard kindly
agreed.
His authority and
professionalism was outstanding.
I was grateful for his support and
guidance.
Miss J.G.,
Heavily, Stockport.
LIFE SAVER
I HAVE worked with PC Dermot
Murray for the past three years in
relation to a young person and
her former associates in the Little
Lever area. She has been
extremely chaotic and vulnerable
and has been considered to be
the most ‘at risk’ young person in
Bolton.
Children’s Services have held
many meetings involving our
Legal Services. PC Murray has
attended these meetings and has
been very supportive and
consistent in providing regular
and accurate intelligence, helping
us to keep this young lady safe
and, in effect, keeping her alive.
One example was when she
texted me and another worker,
stating that an adult was trying to
inject her with heroin after a
period of being clean of drugs.
She wanted our help. PC
Murray was contacted and went
immediately to the address,
removed the young lady and took
her to a place of safety.
Andrea Duerden,
Leaving Care Team,
Bolton Council.
A POSITIVE LINE
BRITISH Transport Police has
carried out a number of joint
operations with GMP at
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interchange, targeting the
possession of knives and drugs
on the transport infrastructure
and in the town centre.
Anti-social behaviour has also
been targeted by incorporating
train and tram staff in tackling
ticketless travel.
These operations are fine
examples of agencies working
together for a common goal, and
in particular I am writing to praise
the contribution of Sgt Tim
Webb. He has truly engaged in
positive, multi-agency work that
has helped achieve great
success for both forces in all of
the above objectives.
Supt Peter Holden,
British Transport Police,
Manchester.
KEEPING CALM
AMID DISRUPTION
I CELEBRATED my daughter’s
wedding on the day of the
Labour Party Special Conference
in Manchester and most of the
bridegroom’s side were staying
at the Midland Hotel, which they
had to leave in the early
afternoon to get to the ceremony
at Didsbury.
I had laid on coaches, but of
course the conference – in fact
the anti-war demo – threatened
to disrupt my plans.
Insp Stuart Wrudd kept in
contact with me in the run-up to
the day and though I may have
become frustrated with the
changes, he kept me calm. I
expect he has dealt with tougher
cases than me!
Stephen Blank,
Altrincham.
MEGA THANKS
OUR executive committee would
like to thank you wholeheartedly
for your tremendous support,
advice and contribution to the
Rochdale Mega Mela event at
Bowlee Park. A decision was
taken to change to the car park
for activities by Multi Asian Arts
and the health and safety group,
and 10 months of work had to be
reorganised in three hours. We
look forward to your continued
support and partnership.
Mohammed Sarwar,
Chief Executive,
Multi Asian Arts Centre,
Rochdale.
(Officers at the event were
Insp Gary Hall, PC Michael
Stott and PCSOs Christine
Curry, David Wild, James
Butterworth, Krishen Vohra and
Iain Coltman).
A VERY big thank you for your
kind help, support and
attendance at our successful
event and bringing smiles to our
faces. We are most grateful for
your contribution.
Dr Mohammed Salim Allah
Hoo, Freehold Neighbourhood
Group & Festival-Mela, Rochdale.
SPECIAL DELIVERY
BY chance, PC Kate Franklin
was passing and stopped when I
was involved in a road accident.
A woman drove out of a side
road without looking and we
crashed.
All the officers who helped
were extremely kind, but PC
Franklin deserves special
mention.
She took me home and the
other driver to a friend’s house
because neither of us was able to
contact anyone to collect us and
our cars were undriveable.
I know the police at times are
criticised, but I have to say on
the occasions I have needed
them they have always been
most helpful.
Wendy Allen,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
WELCOME GUEST
AFTER we had arranged a
general meeting of our
association, Insp Leon Jacobs
came to the meeting to introduce
himself and ended up as guest
speaker.
The speaker should have been
MP Tony Lloyd, but he was
unable to attend. Insp Jacobs
agreed to speak a little longer
and made it an informative
debate. We thought it would be a
shortened meeting, but I had a
hard time closing it when we
were running out of time. Our
heartfelt thanks go to Insp
Jacobs.
Neil Roberts,
Chairman, Moston Meadows
Residents’ Association.
NOT JUST A STATISTIC
I WAS burgled at my home in
Bury in the early hours of the
morning and the police response
at the time and since has been
exceptional.
I wish the response from the
other organisations I have been
in contact with had been half as
good.
I called 999 at 3.29am and
three police vehicles arrived at
3.35. The officers who took my
statement were professional and
thoughtful, and the contact I have
had since with the Burglary Team
and CSI have been equally good.
The reassurance they have all
offered about the general
security of the house has been
extremely helpful in restoring my
peace of mind (the burglar fished
my keys through the cat flap –
not something they will be able
to do again).
I have felt like a valued
resident, not just a crime statistic.
Katy Carmichael, Corporate
Customer Services Co-ordinator,
Manchester City Council.
(Officers included PC Robert
Leacy, PC April Stevenson, PC
Michael Kennedy, Det Con
Antony Hough and PC Damon
Carter).
Send copies of letters or e-mails
of thanks and appreciation to
Derek Hornby, Brief Office, Chester
House, making sure the recipient’s
full name, not just number, is
included. Letters may be edited for
reasons of space.
DRINK SEIZED
In a summer campaign against
drink-fuelled behaviour, PCSOs
seized 127 cans and bottles in
Stockport town centre.
During the six-week operation,
more than 160 people were
stopped by police officers.
Five were arrested in
possession of drug-related
items.
Insp Brian Nicholls (pictured
with PCSOs Dave Crowley and
Thomas Connell and, at the
front, Jonathan Headlam, of
Stockport Anti-Social Behaviour
Team), said:
“Though the operation was to
address particular problems
during the school summer
holidays, its success means
certain elements will become
permanent.”
ON NORTH MANCHESTER
DIVISION, an off-licence forum
was launched last month in
Harpurhey.
Thirteen off-licences were
represented at the meeting,
which was arranged by GMP’s
City Safe team and the city
council to discuss tackling
problems of anti-social
behaviour and alcohol.
Another meeting is to be held
next month.
In the city centre, shops are
being monitored through
Operation Blueberry to ensure
teenagers are not sold
alcohol.
It cost one woman £80 after
she bought drink at a Sackville
Street off-licence last month for
a 14-year-old boy. She was
given a fixed penalty notice by
officers on patrol.
Christmas
carols
GMP’s annual Christmas celebration at
Manchester Cathedral
will be on
Thursday, December 13.
Details of how to obtain tickets from Public Relations will appear
on the GMP Intranet and in the next edition of Brief.

Page 16 October 2007
Museum
Matters
by
Curator
Duncan
Broady
WE were proud to host the
launch of the third book in a
series of reminiscences written
by our oldest volunteer, former
Det Sgt Dennis Wood.
A Few Coppers More
completes a trilogy of tales from
the beat in Manchester City
Police of the 1950s and 60s.
Collated from dozens of
true tales, Dennis paints
a vivid picture of the city
at that time, relating the often
harsh and poverty-stricken
lives of many inhabitants,
but also recalling the
memorable moments of officers’
careers.
One such was the time a
constable let Frank Sinatra sleep
Greater Manchester
High Sheriff’s Police Trust
by Janet Wilcox
New on-line application system
TO reduce bureaucracy and make it easier to apply for grants, we now have
a new on-line system available through Systems Portal on the Intranet.
You need an intranet password, which will be the same password that you use
for OPUS, or you can find out what your intranet password is by following the
instructions on the log-in box as you click on to High Sheriff’s Trust.
Once you have completed the form, it will automatically go to your division or
department commander for approval. If you have any queries about the on-line
application system, please call the Funding Team on extension 61144 or 60329.
If you submit a paper form, you will be asked to re-submit your application online
as the paper forms are now obsolete.
Reducing re-offending
Our new High Sheriff, Michael Oglesby, shares the view that reducing reoffending
is one key way to tackle crime. Greater Manchester Against Crime
(GMAC) research into this area shows that the main factors in reducing reoffending
concern adequate support for those released from prison.
Work is under way to find the best way of addressing this problem through a
special High Sheriff’s Trust major project, in addition to our annual major project.
As Paul Evans, Director of Home Office Police and Crime Standards, says:
“Crime and disorder can only be tackled through effective partnerships.”
The High Sheriff’s Trust is looking forward to working with our partners to bring
about real changes.
Neighbourhood Policing with grants from the High Sheriff’s Trust
Why not apply to the High Sheriff’s Trust to further enhance your impact on
Neighbourhood Policing?
The Trust has a long tradition of giving community groups that initial help they
need to go on to bigger and better things to make their neighbourhoods safer
from crime.
For further information, please contact me on extension 61144. I can also
come to visit your divisional PCSO Forum by prior arrangement.
for a night on his sofa after a
late-night drinking session left
the singer unable to remember
the name of his Manchester
hotel!
WE welcomed more than 200
overseas students in August,
taking our total number of
visitors for the month to just
under 1,000.
Many of the students were
seeking the opportunity to
improve their spoken English
and also to learn about
British methods of policing and
justice.
RECOGNITION: from left PC Stuart Pizzey, North Manchester Division’s Crime Reduction
Adviser, the Renaissance Hotel’s General Manager, Andrew Francis, Ch Supt Gerry
Donnellan and Allan Tweedale, Pennine Region Security Manager for the Marriott Group.
AGED 93 and looking
exceptionally fit, Hugh
Hamilton Burrell stood as
erect as I remembered him
all those years ago in
Manchester City Police.
He told me that he was 12
when he left school in his
native Scotland and began
working in the local coal
mine.
His home was not far
from that of Lord Home, and
at the age of 18 he took it
upon himself to visit the
estate where he
approached his lordship to
ask for his support in an
application to join the
police.
Sir John Maxwell, a fellow
Scot, was the Chief
Constable of Manchester at
the time, and Hugh was
aware that Sir John had
A glance at the entries in the
visitors’ book reveals students
from China, Uzbekistan, Estonia,
Kazakhstan and Venezuela
among others, while the
comments left by our visitors are
most encouraging:
‘Very enjoyable and we will be
back again….Just came back
from New York and their police
museum was not as good as this
one…..The staff are brilliant and
so is the museum…..Super visit,
made very welcome….A
museum not to be missed.’
A couple from California left
been recruiting his fellow
countrymen for the city
force.
Though at 18 he was
really too young, Hugh was
nevertheless accepted into
the Manchester force on
January 2, 1935.
I first made Hugh’s
acquaintance in 1950 when
I joined the old B Division
and soon found he was one
of those people you
couldn’t help but like.
He was different from
most of us in those days in
that he was teetotal, and I
recall being with him in
plain clothes in a
particularly low-class pub
in Collyhurst where he
asked for a tomato juice
while I ordered a pint of
bitter.
A local nuisance had the
temerity to refer to him as
‘tomato face.’
Hugh, 6ft tall and
weighing some 18 stone,
taught the nuisance some
manners, which made all
the other customers vow
THE Renaissance Hotel in
Manchester has become
the first in the city to
receive a Park Mark award from
GMP.
The award recognises a host of
security features and managerial
policies which help to provide a more
secure car parking facility.
It took the hotel three years to
achieve the acknowledgment.
Ch Supt Gerry Donnellan, head of
North Manchester Division, who
presented the award to the hotel’s
the one-word comment
‘awesome’ and from a number of
youngsters came perhaps the
ultimate accolade – ‘cool.’
OUR courtroom has recently
been used to provide training in
courtroom procedure for
psychiatrists (this was the
second such session and
further bookings have been
made for later this year and
next year) and among
visitors to our archives have
been researchers looking at
Manchester suffragettes for an
exhibition at Urbis.
42 years drawing his police pension
(and still going strong at 93)
Retired Sgt Dennis
Wood, one of the
volunteers at the GMP
Museum, tells of a
reunion with a recent
visitor.
never to upset him if he
came into the pub again.
(Ah, the good old days).
When the Second World
War broke out, Hugh was
called up, serving for six
years in the Cameronian
Rifles and being involved
in many battles in North
Africa and Italy.
Demobbed in 1945, he
returned to the force and
retired on January 15, 1965.
Hugh informed me that he
had been married twice and
that both wives had
predeceased him.
“I’ve celebrated two
silver weddings,” he said.
“My first marriage lasted 37
years and my second 35
years.”
After Hugh had worn me
out by visiting every nook
and cranny of the museum,
he left to return to his home
in Motherwell.
His 42 years on pension
beats me by 10 years – and
by the look of him, he could
be drawing it for another 42
years.
Safer parking
General Manager, Andrew Francis,
said:
“This activity forms part of our
continuous fight against crime and
will contribute to making Manchester
a safer place.
“It not only reduces the opportunity
for crimes to occur but will also help
make the Renaissance Hotel car
parking facility safer.”
The safer parking award is an
ACPO initiative aimed at reducing
crime and the fear of crime in parking
areas.

October 2007 Page 17
CBRN
courses
Obituaries
Former Ch Insp Victor
Bevan, 78, of
Chadderton, died on
June 29, leaving a
widow, Brenda. The
former Welsh
Guardsman joined
Oldham Borough
Police in 1952 and retired
from GMP in 1986. He
was a former secretary of
Oldham NARPO.
Former PC Jackie
Elliott, 45, of Bury, died
of cancer on August 31,
leaving a widower, Mark,
who is also a retired
GMP officer, and three
children. She joined
GMP in 1981 and
retired on health
grounds in 1988.
Recently, she had
worked for the
Independent Police
Complaints Authority.
Former Det Insp Ron
Lockton, 87, of Moston,
died on September 6.
His widow, Margaret, is
in the same nursing
home where Mr Lockton
died. The former
Manchester City and
GMP officer, who was a
prisoner of war in Poland
for four years during the
Second World War,
retired in 1982.
Former PC Wilson
Winter, 74, of Bolton,
died on September 9,
leaving a widow, Frieda.
He joined Lancashire
Constabulary in 1953
and retired from GMP in
1984.
‘C’ DIVISION REUNION - TUES, OCT 30.
Meet old friends at the Pig on the Wall,
Greenside Lane, Droylsden.
Details from Wyn, Front Desk,
Grey Mare Lane. 0161 856 3529
SHOWING HOW: PC Dave Barrow on his third visit to Romania
instructing a group on the laws covering dangerous consignments.
OFFICERS who could play a vital role in GMP’s planned
response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear
incident are being sought.
The CBRN Training Unit at Sedgley Park is holding a second
three-day training course from October 24 to 26 (with more
courses due next year).
The role of CBRN Responder would involve assisting and
directing the public at the scene of an incident, as well as
MOSQUE leaders
in Manchester
have joined
together to help police
tackle issues that affect
the Muslim community.
The Masjid Forum (masjid
is Arabic for mosque) is the
first of its kind for GMP.
It includes 10 imams and
committee members from
Longsight, Levenshulme,
Whalley Range and
Rusholme.
“It is an important step
forward with many benefits
for everyone involved,” said
Supt Paul Savill, of the
Manchester Metropolitan
Division.
“Masjid leaders find out
about local policing issues
while police officers gain a
better understanding of
Islam and the concerns of
local Muslims.”
All masjids on the
Metropolitan Division are
invited to send a
Dave’s road
to Romania
AS an expert on
legislation covering
the transportation by
road of hazardous
material, PC Dave
Barrow’s services are
in demand not only in
the UK but in other
parts of Europe.
This month, he went
on his fourth trip to
Romania to train
authorities such as
vehicle examiners
and police officers
on the European ADR
(Agreement on
Dangerous Goods by
Road) laws.
Dave, of Traffic
Network Section’s
Enforcement Unit, is
one of only three police
officers in the UK
qualified to carry out
the training, something
representative to the
meetings, which are held
every three months at
Longsight Police Station.
The group was
established by Community
and Race Relations Officer
he has been doing
within GMP for the past
10 years.
Romania joined
the European Union
in January this year,
and the training
conducted by Dave,
with up to 20
participants at a time,
are part of the
conditions of the
country’s continuing
membership.
His trips, each
lasting a week, are
funded by the EU.
There are nine
classifications covered
by the ADR laws, such
as explosives,
radioactive material,
chemicals – “in fact
anything classed as
dangerous,” Dave
said.
undertaking surveys and other tasks.
Only constables can join the courses and should contact their
divisional admin departments to register an interest.
Further questions can be answered by PC Mark Murphy,
of Emergency Planning at Chester House, on extension
61618.
Or contact PC Amanda Thomas or PC Harry Ramsden, of
the CBRN Training Unit, on extension 60613 or 07825 063264.
New forum tackles
Muslim concerns
By Tom Bassford
Afzal Igbal with the intention
of strengthening links with
the Muslim community and
tackling sensitive issues
such as hate crime.
“We are already seeing
positive results,” said Supt
Savill.
MEETINGS
“We have been invited to
open days at local masjids
and are learning how to
serve the Muslim community
more effectively.”
Members of the forum
have been given reporting
packs and posters to
encourage worshippers to
tell the police about hate
crime.

Page 18 October 2007
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October 2007 Page 19
MARK OF
DEDICATION
FOR most people, completing
one triathlon in a year – or even
two - would be enough. But not
for PC Mark Humphrys.
In the space of four months, he
has swam, cycled and ran FIVE
of them.
Mark, who works in Trafford
Operational Communications
Room, has been giving his
stamina a regular workout to raise
money for Sense, the UK’s largest
organisation for children and
adults who are both deaf and
blind.
He started his marathon stint
with the Stratford triathlon in May.
That was followed by Windsor
in June and Trentham in July,
ending with Nantwich and finally
CAR
WINNER
INSTEAD of the usual
monthly draw of 25
winners of cash prizes
ranging from £2,000 to
£50, the No 1
CopperPot Credit Union
offered just one prize last
month – a Ford Ka.
It was won by a North Wales
police officer, Philip Laing.
His lucky number: 4505.
Warwickshire last month.
He was joined in the Nantwich
event by a colleague from Leigh
OCR, PC Mark Gallagher.
FIRST ONE
It was his participation in the
Nantwich triathlon last year – his
first - that gave Mark the idea of
choosing Sense as a worthwhile
cause.
“I met a couple of volunteers
and they had brought along some
of the children,” he said.
“Imagine a child that can’t hear
or see its parents. The frustration
and anguish it must cause both
child and parents must be an
immense strain.
“It amazes me how they
manage to communicate.
“We take so much for granted
when all our senses function.
“But at least the teaching aids
and support given by the charity
can help parent and child to
bond.”
To help promote the charity,
Mark dons a bright orange
tee-shirt with the organisation’s
name and logo on the road run
section of triathlons.
Next year, he is planning to step
up from triathlon grade to a
gruelling Ironman event, in which
participants have to swim 2.4
miles, cycle 112 miles and then
run 26 miles….. all on the same
day.
Pictured on his third triathlon: PC Mark Humphrys.
Golf
score
Det Con Andy O’Donnell (Middleton) presents a
cheque for £2,346 to Lizzie Jones, of Cancer
Research UK, as a result of a charity golf day Andy
organised at Crompton and Royton Golf Club.
A total of 104 golfers took part and the overall winners were Andy and
his team of three friends. They won a trip to Manchester City to watch a
Premiership match from an executive box donated by M2 Digital, City’s
main sponsors.
The money for Cancer Research was raised by entry fees,
donations and a raffle of prizes ranging from trips to Shrigley
Hall and Marriot Worsley Park golf clubs to a variety of golf
equipment.
Last year, a golf day organised by Andy, again under the banner of
The T Off Trophy, raised £2,007.

Page 20 October 2007
Mountain
success
for the
A team
IN the worst possible
conditions, fewer than half the
75 teams that set off on this
year’s Snowdonia 7s police
mountain race were there
at the end.
One of them was the GMP ‘A’
Team, which not only finished the
gruelling 22-mile run but came
second.
The GMP Veterans Team,
meanwhile, came sixth out of the
32 teams that completed the
course.
The winners were the hosts,
North Wales Police.
The annual race sees
teams of four cover a route that
takes in the seven mountains of
the Snowdonia range over
3,000ft.
Thirty UK police forces were
represented at this year’s
event, which was held in what
GMP co-ordinator Supt Bryan
Lawton described as
‘appalling.’
There were high winds and
poor visibility and almost three
BOLTON officers Paul Bentley and Martin
Bromley (pictured) won the men’s doubles
title for the second year running at the
Police Sport UK tennis championships in
August.
They smashed their Metropolitan Police
opposition 6-1, 6-4. And what made their
inches of rain fell in less than
12 hours.
Bryan had pulled together
five teams to represent
GMP, of which the ‘A’ Team
came out best, finishing in
second place in just under
six hours. The team members
were Guy Heyes (Bolton),
Dan Appleby (South Manchester),
Richard Timson (HQ) and
We are (still)
the champions
BRIEF SPORT
Paul Parker (Metropolitan
Division).
Only three members of the
sixth-placed GMP Veterans Team
completed the race. Dave Fulton
(Learning and Development)
was injured in a fall during the first
half of the race and had to
withdraw.
His team colleagues were
Bryan Lawton (Rochdale), Jim
victory even more remarkable was that the
Met pair included the men’s singles
champion from earlier in the day.
In the finals at the Connaught Club,
Chingford – hosted by Essex Constabulary
– Emily Warner (Rochdale) and Gill Mellor
(Counter Terrorism Unit) won the ladies’
veteran doubles title, defeating a capable
pair from Dorset 6-6, 6-4.
Gill and Martin also teamed up for the
mixed doubles, but lost in the semi-final on
a third-set tie-break to the eventual winners.
Other competitors from GMP who played
in the finals were Alison Flatley (Bolton),
Julie Maxwell (Wythenshawe), Ashley
Matthias (Armed Crime Unit) and retired
Tony Green.
Julie and Alison lost in the semi-final
to the veteran doubles pair from Dorset that
Emily and Gill defeated in the final.
Paul Bentley, Martin Bromley and Gill
Mellor have been selected to represent the
British police in a fixture against a
Combined Services side.
The GMP team that came second in the Snowdonia
7s mountain race: from left, Dan Appleby, Paul
Parker, Guy Heyes and Richard Timson with their
prizes, framed photos of Snowdonia.
Bentley (Bolton) and Alan Wood
(Learning and Development).
The other three GMP teams
also had weather-related and
injury problems during the race,
leading to several withdrawals.
Entrants included Peter Smith
(Metropolitan, withdrew), Ginette
Smith (Serious Crime Division,
withdrew), Kate Kelly (Oldham,
CANADA LIFE
THIS is one of Janet Wilcox’s holiday
snaps – a meeting with Vancouver’s
police chief.
On a trip to Canada with her husband,
GMP’s External Funding Officer visited
Vancouver Police Department and the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Jim Chu had just taken over as the
city’s chief constable and Janet was his
first guest visitor.
To mark the occasion, she presented
him with a GMP plaque and a GMP
helmet. The helmet, she said, was
especially prized and was given pride
of place in his office.
“He spoke highly of British police
forces generally as Canada’s main
source of policing expertise,” said
Janet.
Inevitably, external funding was one
topic of conversation, and Janet said
she was particularly interested to hear
that Vancouver police raised funds for
its mounted unit through a foundation
established by wealthy horse lovers in
the community.
She also met an assistant
commissioner of the Mounties, Al
MacIntyre, whose E Division covers the
withdrew), Steve Quinn
(Trafford, withdrew) Dave Wood
(North Manchester, withdrew),
Kevin McDermott (SCD,
completed the course),
Mathew Rushbrook (SCD,
completed), Alun Masters
(SCD, withdrew) and Troy Wilson
(SCD, withdrew).
Retired Ch Supt Tony Kane
again provided back-up.
whole of British Columbia.
“Despite the very different
environments in the UK and Canada,
the police challenges have much in
common,” Janet said. “Organised
crime and a growing drug problem are
issues that the Vancouver police and
the RCMP are primarily concerned
about, as well as the special
reinforcements that are seen as needed
for the 2010 Winter Olympics.”