Greater Manchester Police’s canine crime-fighters have been given a pat on the back after they helped sniff out 423 lawbreakers over the last 12 months.
The dog and mounted units are just some of the heroes among GMP’s stats from 2013-2014 annual report, which for the first time has been condensed into an infographic.
It is not just the animals that have earned a pat on the back for their outstanding behaviour, as GMP’s human officers have been hard at work too.
Over the last 12 months, officers watching over 2.7million Greater Manchester Residents, covering 493 square miles made 66,437 arrests, around 182 on average each day during.
“Everyday we are working to protect society and help people feel safe,” Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said.
“We recognise that there is more that we can do but this report shows what we have done over the last 12 months.”
With the force having to deal with cuts to their budget, shrinking it to £571million, officers had to put in the man hours – 222,411 to be exact.
Volunteers had to put in their fair share of shifts themselves, clocking up 482,264 hours.
It’s not just criminals that was taken off the streets neither, but their dirty money too, with a whopping £7.8million taken from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
The force clocked up their fair share of miles too, covering a total on 22million miles in police vehicles.
Call handlers had to deal with 495,133 emergency calls, and 839,752 non-emergency calls.
All robberies including businesses are down 2% while personal robberies are down 5% on last years’ figures.
It is not all positive however, as anti-social behaviour is up 6% and victim based crime up by 2%.
And while GMP have been grafting round the clock to protect and serve its people, only a small number, 846 (Facebook likes) to be precise, seem to appreciate their efforts..
