GMP to tweet incidents for 24 hours

The project started at 5am on 14 October, and will run for 24 hours. The force hopes that it will show the "complexities of modern policing". GMP said it was keen to show the public the level of incidents it has to deal with, particularly during times of unprecedented budget cuts, which puts it "under even more pressure to deliver an effective policing service". "Policing is often seen in very simple terms, with cops chasing robbers and locking them up. However, the reality is that this accounts for only part of the work they have to deal with," said Chief Constable Peter Fahy. He said it was time to start measuring performance in a different way and stressed that there should be more focus on how the public sector as a whole is working together to tackle society's problems. Fahy continued: "We see time and again the same families, the same areas and the same individuals causing the same problems and these people are causing a considerable drain to the public purse. "Instead of the public sector organisations having separate pots of money we could spend it more efficiently it were one big pot. This could be achieved by working together more effectively, by joining up and sharing the responsibility of the issues that we are all dealing with." All the tweets can be viewed on the force's website .