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Greater Manchester Police WILL replace its failing computer system in 2027 — eight YEARS after problems first emerged.

Cops have battled the ‘frightening’ PoliceWorks element of the force’s iOPS computer system since summer 2019, with complaints about the £27 million software emerging just weeks after it was rolled-out.

Officers slammed it at the time, saying they ‘cannot do our jobs’, and they were ‘fearful for colleagues and the public’. Shortly after, then-Chief Constable Ian Hopkins defended the system.

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However, when GMP was placed in special measures in December 2020, inspectors found PoliceWorks had failed to record 80,000 crimes over a 12

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