The chief of Greater Manchester Police took time away from behind his desk last night to patrol the city’s streets – dealing with the death of an elderly man and searching for a missing child.
Sir Peter Fahy, boss of Britain’s third largest police force, posted on his Twitter account how he spent a few hours working alongside North Manchester police officers.
The 55-year-old has been Chief Constable for almost six years but highlighted the need to ‘never forget the reality on the street’.
Enjoyed six hours of patrol with response officers on North Manchester last night must never forget the reality on the street
— Peter Fahy (@gmpfahy) July 4, 2014
Sir Peter, who was knighted in 2012 for ‘honours to policing’, dealt with the death of an elderly man, a missing child, a drunk in the road and a man threatened with a knife while out on the beat.
Patrol last night dealt with begging, elderly man found dead, drunk male in the road, a missing child, man threatened with knife
— Peter Fahy (@gmpfahy) July 4, 2014
He recently pleaded not guilty to a health and safety charge in February earlier this year in connection with the death of an unarmed man in 2012.
Anthony Grainger was shot and killed by an armed GMP officer in Cheshire on March 3 2012.
