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Rochdale’s cadets ready for action THE Mayor of Rochdale joined Ch Supt Chris Sykes and Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jim Battle at the passing out parade of 28 of GMP’s newest volunteer police cadets in Rochdale. The ceremony took place at Rochdale’s historic town hall, on the day the Force celebrated its 40 year anniversary. There are now 12 police cadet schemes across Greater Manchester in North Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Oldham, Stockport, Wythenshawe, Bury, Wigan, Bolton, Trafford and two schemes in
Tameside. Police cadets are young people aged 13 to 18, who volunteer to work with the police to help their communities, learn about policing, take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and support Crime Prevention initiatives. There are now How can we protect more than 250 cadets across the ourselves online? Force. Everyone should be aware of cyber Sgt Jane Butler, responsible for the threats and the simple measures they cadet schemes, said: “2013 was an can take to protect themselves. Here exciting year as we were able to work are some of the most useful tips: with more young people than we had · Always use strong passwords expected. combining letters, numbers and “At the start of the year we had special characters · Secure your computer with a firewall, antivirus and anti spyware software and keep them updated
hoped to have 10 schemes up and running so to reach the point of 12 is a huge achievement. “This has only been possible as a result of the volunteers who run and support each scheme. They are Police Officers, PCSOs, Specials, Police staff and members of the public who give up their own time each week to support and develop these young people. “We hope that we can build on this and develop more schemes in 2014.” For more details about the cadet schemes contact Sgt Jane Butler via volunteerpolicecadets@gmp.police.uk
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Pictured (LR): John Woods, Sergeant Neil Monaghan, PC Steve Bryant, PC Mark Smirthwaite from Greater Manchester Police and Mandy Ingham from Hoping for sunshine in Yorkshire! Electricity North West
THE success of Operation Alloy in re ducing metal theft has been recognised nationally with three awards. The team picked up awards for ‘Most Successful Crime Reduction Ini tiative’ in conjunction with Electricity North West and the Institute of Materi als, Minerals and Mining and ‘Outstanding Problem Orientated Part nership’ for a regional week long opera tion which GMP coordinated. Operations Coordinator for Opera tion Alloy, John Woods also received an award for his individual contribution to reducing metal theft. Operation Alloy was launched in 2011 following a huge increase in metal theft. Since then it has reduced by 72 per cent, with officers using every tool at their disposal to stop metal theft for good.
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