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		</div><p>Police in Greater Manchester are under &#8220;real strain&#8221; after the loss of nearly one in four officers in recent years, the force&#8217;s chief constable has said. Ian Hopkins cited official figures which show that Greater Manchester Police (GMP) &#8211; currently carrying out one of its biggest ever investigations &#8211; had 8,148 officers in March 2010, but this had dropped by 23% to 6,297 by March last year.</p>
<p>Writing on Twitter, he praised his officers for their &#8220;outstanding&#8221; work policing the Parklife festival over the weekend along with a protest against Islamist terrorism. He wrote: &#8220;Outstanding from @gmpolice officers &#038; staff this w/e policing protest &#038; Parklife. Real strain on everyone not just this weekend..see below.&#8221; Under his tweet he posted a page from the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) 2016 efficiency report for GMP, with a table setting out the staffing statistics.</p>
<p>It shows that GMP&#8217;s total workforce fell by a fifth during the period, from 13,189 to 10,506, while the number of community support officers (PCSOs) reduced from 842 to 748 &#8211; a drop of 11%. The table shows these are set to fall even further over the next three years, with the total workforce expected to be 10,108 by March 2020 with 500 PCSOs.</p>
<p>Manchester mayor Andy Burnham tweeted: &#8220;@gmpolice are stretched to limit &#038; in middle of on-going investigation.&#8221; He criticised the protest against Islamist terrorism, organised by former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson, which drew a counter-demonstration. &#8220;These EDL-types who came today need to have a look at themselves,&#8221; Mr Burnham added. &#8220;@gmpolice deserve better.</p>
<p>&#8220;I care about our Police being unnecessarily distracted when they are worn out &#038; still working hard to investigate a major incident.&#8221; The force, the second largest in England, is investigating the Manchester Arena suicide bombing which left 22 people dead and more than 200 injured.</p>
<p>The figures show that GMP will lose more staff than the national average, with the total workforce forecast to drop by 24% between 2010 and 2020, compared with 21% across England and Wales.<br />
About 400 officers were deployed to police Sunday&#8217;s protest and officers made eight arrests for public order offences.</p>
<p>Chief Superintendent John O&#8217;Hare said many officers who had already worked long hours had to operate in &#8220;extremely challenging circumstances&#8221;.</p>
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