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Expanding GMP’s social reach TWEETERS and Facebookers will soon have a new way of updating their followers with the introduction of software that will allow multiple accounts to be updated at once. Social media management tool Crowd Control HQ was introduced in July 2013 and is being rolled out across the Force’s 59 Twitter accounts and 35 Facebook pages. The software means a user’s name will be stamped all interactions to allow greater accountability and the possibility to expand our social media reach. It also means that multiple Twitter and Facebook
accounts can be updated with the same post or tweet. North Manchester will soon be running a pilot that gives nominated Hub officers the ability to monitor all of the Division’s social networks, increasing the time the accounts are active and improving the service to
the local community. Longer term GMP will aim to provide 24 hour a day coverage on
accounts across the Force where there is public demand. Within GMP social media has also become an important part of daily routines, whether for engaging with local communities or for gathering intelligence about crimes and incidents. Training for all the 300 officers and staff who use social media is underway and anyone who has not yet been invited to a training session will be contacted by the Web Unit in Corporate Communications soon. Our newest accounts are Wigan West and Fallowfield, with Wigan East to come while Longsight, Rochdale South, Rochdale North, Bury South and Bury North have been recently re-launched.
Payback for drug dealer A drug dealer has been ordered to repay more than £232,000 after telling a court about his drug empire. While giving evidence during a trial into the murder of Junaid Khan for which he was charged and subsequently acquitted – Milad Finn made extensive admissions regarding his drug dealing activities, which he put forward to explain evidence against him. Following the trial, court transcripts were obtained and a thorough investigation was launched by detectives from the Major Incident Team. Transcripts revealed how Finn told the court that his first contact with illegal drugs was from the age
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As his orders grew, Finn told the court how he imported large quantities of caffeine and Benzocaine to act as mixing agents from China as well as sourcing similar products from within the UK and told the court he earned substantial amounts. While the criminal investigation was being conducted, a specially trained financial investigator was painstakingly investigating Finn’s finances. Finn admitted conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine,
production of cannabis, converting criminal property and encouraging or assisting the commission of offences and was jailed for six years last September. At a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court, Finn was found to have made £769,504,094 from his drug dealing activities. Det Con Mark Chesters, from the Financial Investigation Unit, said: “By his own admission, Finn has been earning money from dealing drugs since he was 15, pocketing more than £700,000 in the process. “This was a meticulous financial investigation that has resulted in a prolific drug dealer being jailed and ordered to repay his illegal gains.”
GMP is to replace all witness and suspect interview recording facilities with a digital interviewing solution. This will completely change the way that interviews will be process and accessed. Digital equipment will be installed around the Force and
recordings will be stored in a central repository, allowing officers to access content from wherever they are based. Legal representatives and other authorised parties will also have access to recordings via a secure portal.
of 15 and that he dealt heroin and crack cocaine on behalf of someone else before setting up his own drug dealing empire.