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Police chiefs have announced officers in every force across the country will now attend ALL home burglaries in a new set of standards they hope will result in more crimes being solved and more thieves prosecuted. While some forces, including GMP, already have policies to send officers to all burglary reports, others attend only where victims are vulnerable or elderly, or where there are evidential lines of inquiry to be followed up.
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said today chief constables would work to ensure the new directive is implemented 'as soon as practically possible'. Responding to the news, announced following a review of burglary deployment across the country, Greater Manchester Police said it was already committed to the pledge - and had been since July of last year.
GMP figures show burglary arrest numbers are up, with 305 suspects held across Greater Manchester in the last month alone.
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Operation Castle - a force wide response to tackling burglaries - launched in July last year. There were 430 burglary arrests made between August 2020 and the operation's launch. But since its inception, that figure has risen to 842 over the same period a year on, equating to a 95.8 per cent increase.
The force said today that some of the highest performing districts in Greater Manchester, like Rochdale, were achieving results that are amongst the best nationally. Figures in Rochdale show that since July 2021, officers have arrested more than 200 burglars, secured in excess of 300 criminal charges and assisted the courts in securing prison sentences which collectively top 75 years.
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